Meanings
nounyawker bird (plural yawker birds)
plural yawker birds
- The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus
Being a common bird he has a number of names such as high-hole, yellow hammer, golden-winged woodpecker, wakeup, yawker bird, and others.
1960, Science on the March, page 361 more example
No bird in America has so many local names as the Flicker. Some of these are Highholder, Wake-up, Walk-up, Pigeon, Woodpecker, and Yawker-bird
1910, Annual Report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture, page 280
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