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YELLOWHAMMER

English dictionary: Word overview

YELLOWHAMMER (noun)
  The noun YELLOWHAMMER has 2 senses:

1. large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail
2. European bunting the male being bright yellow

  Familiarity information: YELLOWHAMMER used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


YELLOWHAMMER (noun)


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Meaning:

Large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Colaptes auratus; yellow-shafted flicker; yellowhammer

Hypernyms ("yellowhammer" is a kind of...):

flicker (North American woodpecker)


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Meaning:

European bunting the male being bright yellow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Emberiza citrinella; yellow bunting; yellowhammer

Hypernyms ("yellowhammer" is a kind of...):

bunting (any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America)

Holonyms ("yellowhammer" is a member of...):

Emberiza; genus Emberiza (Old World buntings)


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