ear tag
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
"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
The captured animals are marked with a microchip and ear tag and released.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2022
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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