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ear tag

American  

noun

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


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She was given an ear tag and a GPS collar, West said, and moved into Angeles National Forest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025

"It's very friendly, but it doesn't have an identifying ear tag so we don't know who it belongs to," a spokeswoman said.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 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

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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