ring-necked

American  

[ring-nekt] / ˈrɪŋˌnɛkt /

adjective

Zoology.

1. having a ring of distinctive color around the neck.

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ring-necked British  

adjective

1. (of animals, esp certain birds and snakes) having a band of distinctive colour around the neck

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Etymology

Origin of ring-necked

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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ring-necked

Originally from the Himalayas, the Indian sub-continent, and parts of Africa, ring-necked parakeets are regularly spotted across the UK, with large populations in London and the south-east of England.

From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2025

The sandy-backed, ring-necked plovers skitter along beaches nibbling tiny marine animals and eggs.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022

A graduate student at South Dakota State last year demonstrated that ring-necked pheasants—the number-one game animal in the Dakotas—became more underweight, weak, and lethargic the more treated corn seeds they consumed.

From National Geographic ● Feb. 5, 2021

Also spotted, but in fewer numbers, were snow geese, buffleheads, redheads, goldeneyes, American widgeon, ruddy, ring-necked, canvasbacks, scaup and wood ducks.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 15, 2015

But when they drew unto the cavern's mouth, Lo, at its entering in, A ring-necked desert-dove sat on her eggs; The mate cooed soft within.

From Voices for the Speechless by Firth, Abraham