Common European bunting

• Chicken with batter — or a different bird
• Singer in colourful clobber
• European bunting the male being bright yellow
• A European bunting
• Bird with a call supposed to sound like "a little bit of bread and no cheese"
• Large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Yellowhammer \Yel"low*ham`mer\, n. [For yellow-ammer, where ammer is fr. AS. amore a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer a yellow-hammer, OHG. amero.] (Zo["o]l.) A common European finch ( Emberiza citrinella ). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A passerine bird, ''Emberiza citrinella'', of Eurasia which is mainly yellow in colour. 2 A native or resident of the American state of Alabama.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Yellowhammer can refer to: Yellowhammer| Emberiza citrinella , an Old World passerine bird An alternative name for the yellow-shafted flicker ( Colaptes auratus ), a North American woodpecker A nickname for state troops from Alabama , United States Yellowhammer ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A band of yellowhammer , bright as celandines, fly between field and hedge. ▪ Like the yellowhammer , the foot and mouth virus is an aspect of wild nature, ungovernable and powerfully indifferent. ▪ To me at least the yellowhammer ...