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yellowhammer

noun
🔊/ˈjeləʊhæmə(r)/
🔊/ˈjeləʊhæmər/
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  1. a small bird, the male of which has a yellow head, neck and breast黄鹀（雄性的头、颈和胸黄色）Topics Birdsc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: -hammer is perhaps from Old English amore (a kind of bird), possibly conflated with hama ‘feathers’.