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ear tag

American  

noun

  1. an identification tag fastened to the ear of an animal.


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Colleagues then took the kittens a short distance away and did a workup — which involves a physical exam, where body measurements are recorded, and attaching an ear tag — before the mother returned.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 12, 2022

Before finishing up, the researchers give the bears several identifying marks, adding an ear tag, implanting a microchip behind the ear and tattooing a number inside the lip.

From New York Times Dec. 23, 2021

Among them: a company trying to build an inexpensive polar bear ear tag for the U.S.

From Washington Post Oct. 11, 2021

On the way back, she spotted an orange ear tag among a group of sheep, members of the Madison Range’s other sheep population, known as the Spanish Peaks herd.

From Washington Times Dec. 27, 2018

Both the does and the bucks must be marked with an ear tag, brand, tattoo number, or some other permanent individual mark, and the kids should be marked at birth.

From Practical Angora Goat Raising by

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