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
Participating hunters must harvest a ring-necked pheasant, sharp-tailed grouse, greater prairie-chicken and northern bobwhite in Nebraska.
From Washington Times • Oct. 21, 2018
The garter and ring-necked snakes wear Eve's wedding-ring as a collar.
From How Girls Can Help Their Country by Low, Juliette Gordon
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