ring-necked

[ring-nekt]

adjective Zoology.

having a ring of distinctive color around the neck.

Origin of ring-necked

First recorded in 1850–55

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Historical Examples of ring-necked

The only kinds known were the ring-necked lory and the common red and green lorikeet, both common at Amboyna.
The Malay Archipelago
Alfred Russell Wallace
But the most conspicuous and interesting of all these lawn birds are the ring-necked plovers, or killdeers.
Under the Maples
John Burroughs
The garter and ring-necked snakes wear Eve's wedding-ring as a collar.
How Girls Can Help Their Country
Juliette Low
The copperhead, garter snakes, and ring-necked snakes all collapsed at temperatures near 41.
Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor
Henry S. Fitch

British Dictionary definitions for ring-necked

ring-necked

adjective

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

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