ring-necked
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ring-necked
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Look for the northern shoveler, the ring-necked duck and the gadwall.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
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
In the UK, ring-necked parrots, descended from pets and aviary birds which have escaped or were deliberately released, have become so plentiful that they pose a threat to vineyards and fruit farms.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2017
There is no doubt that these three pheasants, namely, the common, the true ring-necked, and the Japan, intercross, and are becoming blended together in the woods of several parts of England.
From On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition) by Charles Darwin
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