radio collar
noun
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
radio-collarverb (used with object)to attach a radio collar to (an animal).
radio collar
1 Americannoun
radio-collar
2
American
[ray-dee-oh-kol-er]
/ ˈreɪ di oʊˌkɒl ər /
verb (used with object)
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In May 2024, authorities in Hwange National Park became suspicious after a radio collar worn by a male lion stopped working.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
She was fitted with a radio collar in the fall of 2022, and the agency will continue to monitor her movements following her release.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
The 17-year-old bear wears a GPS-equipped radio collar that should track its movements.
From Reuters ● Apr. 12, 2023
The Italian news media breathlessly tracked his movements, relishing the rebellious bear, while forest rangers tracked him via a radio collar, hoping he would remain safe and far away.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
The panda’s radio collar beams a signal that the tracking equipment can hone in on to provide the animal's location coordinates.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
They say that the elephant that attacked Joseph had a radio-collar.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024
Wielgus designed a study that would radio-collar hundreds of livestock and dozens of wolves.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2018
I would capture and radio-collar coyotes and do what we call “collar and foller” type studies, in order to keep coyotes from eating sheep.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 6, 2018
Officers planted a road-killed deer on the road leading to Colson’s home that had been fitted with a radio-collar.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2017
For years my colleagues and I used helicopters to pursue, tranquilize and radio-collar muskoxen.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2017
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