noun
Etymology: alteration of earlier yelambre, from Middle English *yelwambre, from yelwe yellow + *ambre yellowhammer, from Old English amore; akin to Old High German amaro yellowhammer, amari emmer
Date: 1587
a common Palearctic finch ( Emberiza citrinella of the family Emberizidae) having the male largely yellow and chestnut, yellow-shafted flicker