yellowhammer

/yel-oh-ham-er/US // ˈyɛl oʊˌhæm ər //UK // (ˈjɛləʊˌhæmə) //

黄锤子,黄锤,黄鼠狼,黄色的锤子

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a common European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, the male of which is marked with bright yellow.
- : Chiefly Southern U.S. a flicker, Colaptes auratus, having yellow wing and tail linings.

Each man wore upon his head a down head-net, a pair of trembler plumes, and a yellowhammer-feather forehead-band.
Upon the head was a feather tuft, a yellowhammer-feather forehead-band, two trembler plumes and some down.
There have been examples of chaffinches pairing with female canaries, and it has been said with a female yellowhammer.
Independently of the beak, this bird may be taken for a female yellowhammer, as it resembles it so much in its shape and plumage.
They are about the size of the yellowhammer, six inches and a half in length, of which the tail measures two.