radio collar

¹ American  

noun

1. a neck band equipped with a small radio transmitter and attached to an animal for tracking its movement in the wild.

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radio-collar ² American  

[rey-dee-oh-kol-er] / ˈreɪ di oʊˌkɒl ər /

verb (used with object)

1. to attach a radio collar to (an animal).

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Example Sentences

Each pine marten has been fitted with a radio collar so researchers can follow their fortunes over the next six to nine months.

From BBC

As the parrots soar squawking past their home, the couple can readily identify bird No. 17 by its smooth feathers and can tell No. 16 from No. 22, which has two beads attached to its radio collar.

From Seattle Times

Each bear will have a radio collar for their first few years in their new home, offering semiregular updates on the bears’ whereabouts.

From Seattle Times

“We believe it will be important for state wildlife officials to put a radio collar on one or more wolves in that pack to better understand how they are behaving,” said Kirk Wilbur, vice president of government affairs at the California Cattlemen’s Assn.

From Los Angeles Times

The Indian government said the cheetah deaths being caused by an infection under their radio collar is “speculation and hearsay.”

From Seattle Times