[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

flicker \flick"er\, n.
   1. the act of wavering or of fluttering; fluctuation; sudden
      and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of
      the dying flame.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. the golden-winged woodpecker colaptes aurutus;
      -- so called from its spring note. called also
      yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and
      yucca.
      1913 webster

            the cackle of the flicker among the oaks.
                                                  --thoureau.
      1913 webster
see also:
colaptes aurutus yellow-hammer high-holder pigeon woodpecker yucca 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

yellowhammer \yel"lowham`mer\, n. for yellow-ammer, where
   ammer is fr. as. amore a kind of bird; akin to g. ammer a
   yellow-hammer, ohg. amero. zool.
      a a common european finch emberiza citrinella. the
          color of the male is bright yellow on the breast,
          neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and
          brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills
          blackish. called also yellow bunting, scribbling
          lark, and writing lark. written also
          yellow-ammer.
      b the flicker. local, u. s.
          1913 webster
see also:
emberiza citrinella yellow bunting scribbling lark writing lark yellow-ammer 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

yellowhammer
     n 1: large flicker of eastern north america with a red neck and
          yellow undersurface to wings and tail syn: yellow-shafted
          flicker, colaptes auratus
     2: european bunting the male being bright yellow syn: yellow
        bunting, emberiza citrinella
see also:
yellow-shafted flicker colaptes auratus yellow bunting emberiza citrinella 

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