ring-necked
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ring-necked
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Bird conservation charities hope these birds could offer a solution to the rising population of ring-necked parakeets and pigeons that could be adversely affecting native wildlife.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 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 doves on the palm trees around them cooed softly, and other birds fluttered amid the grass: ring-necked glareolas, Tartessus quails and Punic guinea-fowl.
From Salammbo by Flaubert, Gustave
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