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yellowammer

yellowammer is the archaic spelling of yellowhammer.

Meaning of yellowhammer

Noun

yellowhammer (plural yellowhammers)

  1. A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
  2. (US) The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus, a woodpecker with yellow underwings and undertail and often other yellowish underparts; one of its ways of feeding is to hammer on trees to find insects (adults and larvae) to eat.
  3. A native or resident of the American state of Alabama.

Forms of yellowammer

pluralyellowammers
alternative formyellow-ammer

Questions about yellowammer

What is yellowammer the archaic spelling of?
Yellowammer is the archaic spelling of yellowhammer.

Words near yellowammer in the dictionary

  1. yellow-vented bulbuls
  2. yellow-weed
  3. yellow-weeds
  4. yellow-white
  5. yellow-whites
  6. yellowammer
  7. yellowammers
  8. yellowback
  9. yellowback fusilier
  10. yellowback fusiliers
  11. yellowbacks

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