- ring-necked
- or ring-neck adjective Date: 1817 having a ring of color about the neck
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Ring-necked — a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. [1913 Webster] {Ring necked duck} (Zool.), an American scaup duck ({Aythya collaris}). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ring-necked — may refer to:* Ring necked Dove, widespread and abundant bird in the bush, savannah, farmlands, and woodlands of southern and eastern Africa * Ring necked Duck, diving duck … Wikipedia
ring-necked — [riŋ′nekt΄] adj. Zool. having a distinctive colored stripe or stripes around the neck … English World dictionary
ring-necked blackhead — Ring necked Ring necked , a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. [1913 Webster] {Ring necked duck} (Zool.), an American scaup duck ({Aythya collaris}). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male are black, and a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ring-necked duck — Ring necked Ring necked , a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. [1913 Webster] {Ring necked duck} (Zool.), an American scaup duck ({Aythya collaris}). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male are black, and a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ring-necked duck — ring′ necked duck′ n. orn a North American diving duck, Aythya collaris, having a chestnut ring on the neck and a white one on the bill … From formal English to slang
ring-necked duck — ☆ ring necked duck n. a North American duck (Aythya collaris), the male of which has a black breast, neck, and back with a faint coppery ring around the neck … English World dictionary
ring-necked pheasant — ring′ necked pheas′ant n. orn an Asian pheasant, Phasianus colchicus, the male of which has a white band around the neck: widely introduced as a game bird in North America and other parts of the world • Etymology: 1825–35 … From formal English to slang
ring-necked pheasant — n. an Asian game fowl (Phasianus colchicus) with a whitish collar around the neck in the male, now widely introduced and bred in North America, Europe, etc … English World dictionary
ring-necked — /ring nekt /, adj. Zool. having a ring of distinctive color around the neck. [1850 55] * * * … Universalium
Ring-necked Duck — Taxobox name = Ring necked Duck image width = 240px image caption = Drake (male) status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Anseriformes familia = Anatidae genus = Aythya species = A. collaris… … Wikipedia
