ring-necked

[ ring-nekt ]

adjective

, Zoology.

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

ring-necked

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ring-necked¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The garter and ring-necked snakes wear Eve's wedding-ring as a collar.

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The copperhead, garter snakes, and ring-necked snakes all collapsed at temperatures near 41.

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But the most conspicuous and interesting of all these lawn birds are the ring-necked plovers, or killdeers.

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The only kinds known were the ring-necked lory and the common red and green lorikeet, both common at Amboyna.

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