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单词 ring-necked
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ring-neckedadj.

Brit. /ˈrɪŋnɛkt/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋˌnɛkt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.1, necked adj.
Etymology: < ring n.1 + necked adj. Compare ring-neck n.
In the names of birds (less commonly, reptiles): having the neck ringed or marked with a band or bands of contrasting colour. Cf. ring-neck n. Compounds.
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > having ring round neck
torquate1661
ring-necked1750
collared1812
the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of neck > having particular colour or marking on neck
white-throated1678
red-throated1743
ring-necked1750
blue-throated1764
red-necked1766
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados iii. 78 The Ring-necked Plover. This is much less than the Sandy-breast; and derives its name from a white Ring incircling its Neck.
1837 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds I. 291 Columba Turtur,..Ring-necked Turtle.
1852 W. Macgillivray Hist. Brit. Birds IV. 629 Bernicla Brenta,..Ring-necked Barnacle.
1889 P. L. Sclater & W. H. Hudson Argentine Ornithol. II. 132 Querquedula Torquata..(Ring-necked Teal)... In the neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres the Ring-necked Teal is strictly migratory.
1899 W. T. Greene Brit. Birds Cages & Aviaries 36 The Great Northern Diver. This bird is also called the Imber, Great Doucker, and Ring-necked Diver.
1915 J. K. Strecker Reptiles & Amphibians Texas 16 Crotaphytus Collaris Say. Ring-necked Lizard. Mountain Boomer.

Compounds

ring-necked duck n. a North American diving duck, Aythya collaris, which has a white ring around the bill and (in the male) a white crescent bordering the black breast; also called ring-neck duck.
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1831 W. Swainson & J. Richardson Fauna Boreali-Americana II. 454 Fuligula rufitorques,..Ring-necked Duck.
1948 Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) 31 Oct. d4/1 Other wild fowl found in reasonable numbers in Oklahoma are the ring-necked duck (blackjack), the Baldpate (widgeon), [etc.].
2000 Canad. Geographic May 42/1 In the beginning, it was waterfowl: Canada geese and mallards, sometimes black ducks and ring-necked ducks.
ring-necked dove n. any of several doves of the genus Streptopelia having a partial ring-shaped marking or collar on the neck; esp. (a) the common S. capicola of southern and eastern Africa; (b) U.S. the domesticated ring-neck or Barbary dove, ‘ S. risoria’.
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1846 J. T. Thompson Dict. in Hindee & Eng. 118/2 Ghóo-ghoo, the ring-necked dove.
1896 E. Clairmonte Africander i. 5 The ring-necked doves cooing their love in the trees.
1944 Condor 46 243 We also obtained two pairs of aviary doves to serve as incubators... One pair was Ring-necked Doves (Streptopelia risoria).
1978 M. Oppen Meaning a Life 192 The pet-store man bought finches and ring-necked doves from us which multiplied in our aviary.
2001 Z. Bochenski & T. Tomek in F. Wendorf et al. Holocene Settlement of Egyptian Sahara xxiv. 641/2 The Ring-necked Dove, Streptopelia capicola, inhabits woodlands and open tree savannas of southern and eastern Africa.
ring-necked loon n. the great northern diver or common loon, Gavia immer.
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1842 W. MacGillivray Man. Brit. Ornithol. II. 207 Colymbus glacialis, Ring-necked Loon.
1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 213 Great Northern Diver... Ring-neck loon (East Lothian; Cork Harbour).
1946 L. A. Hausman Field Bk. Eastern Birds 62 Common Loon... Other Names—Big Loon, Ring-necked Loon, [etc.].
ring-necked parakeet n. any of several chiefly green parakeets of the genus Psittacula having a ring-shaped marking around the neck; now spec. the rose-ringed parakeet, P. krameri; cf. ring parakeet n. at ring n.1 Compounds 2b, ring-neck parakeet n. at ring-neck n. Compounds.
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1827 Q. Jrnl. Sci., Lit., & Art Jan. 98 In the ring-necked parroquet, the inner ring of the iris, which has a grey colour, becomes sensibly narrower when the pupil contracts.
1885 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 322/2 The species that has the widest range, and that by far, is the common Ring-necked Parakeet, Palæornis torquatus, a well-known cage-bird which is found..across Africa..as well as throughout the whole of India, [etc.].
1964 A. L. Thomson New Dict. Birds 602/1 Another well-known African species is the Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri, also distributed over the warmer parts of south-eastern Asia.
2004 Week 25 Sept. 31/1 In southeast England, the African ring-necked parakeet already outnumbers native birds such as barn owls, nightingales and kingfishers.
ring-necked parrot n. (a) = ring-necked parakeet n.; (b) Australian = ring-neck parrot n. at ring-neck n. Compounds.
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1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. II. 361 The ring-necked parrot (Palæornis torquatus) of India and the beautiful ground parrot of Australia (Pezoporus formosus) are suitable examples.
1897 J. J. Murif From Ocean to Ocean 60 Now and again..one catches sight of the gaudier galah or the gay ring-necked parrot.
1913 J. G. Frazer Pausanias's Descr. Greece III. xxix. 259 At the present day the ring-necked parrot extends across Africa from the mouth of the Gambia to the Red Sea.
1941 D. O'Callaghan Long Life Reminisc. 138 I came on a fine flock of Ring Necked Parrots, often called ‘28s’.
2003 R. E. Schmidt et al. Pathol. Pet & Aviary Birds xi. 178/2 Species of birds that have been kept in aviculture for many years, such as the budgerigar, cockatiel, ring-necked parrot, and lovebird, are now available in many different colors.
ring-necked pheasant n. any of several forms of the common pheasant, Phasianus colchicus, in which the male has a partial or complete white ring around the neck; spec. one of the subspecies P. c. torquatus, native to eastern China; also called ring, ringed, or ring-neck pheasant.
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1775 Duchess of Northumberland Short Tour 39 There is nothing now left but two trumpet birds.., some ring-necked and some purple and white China phasants, [etc.].]
1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 270/2 (table) Four Pheasant Mules, betwixt the ring-necked Pheasant and common Brown Hen.
1885 A. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 733/1 The Ring-necked Pheasant of China.
1940 Jrnl. Parasitol. 26 158 The common ring-necked pheasant..is highly refractive to the oviduct fluke Prosthogonimus macrorchis.
2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 3 Nov. 88/3 (advt.) Tremendous populations of Ring-necked Pheasants, Sharptails and Wild Turkeys, plus Huns and Doves.
ring-necked plover n. = ringed plover n. at ringed adj. Compounds.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > genus Charadrius > charadrius hiaticula (ringed plover)
sea-lark1602
ringlestonesa1682
stone-runner1681
sand laverock1694
sandy laverock1710
ring-necked plover1750
towillee1758
sand lark1771
ringed plover1776
ring dotterel1797
ring plover1797
dulwilly1802
ring-neck1837
ringed sand plover1842
stonehatch1852
miller1885
sand-runner1894
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados iii. 78 The Ring-necked Plover. This is much less than the Sandy-breast; and derives its name from a white Ring incircling its Neck.
1829 J. Chambers Gen. Hist. Norfolk I. p. lxviii The Ring-necked Plover is very common on our coast.
1885 Amer. Naturalist 19 273 Shore birds, particularly the ring-necked plover, and others of its family, abounded [in Southern Labrador].
1907 ‘N. Blanchan’ Birds Every Child should Know xvii. 248 The semipalmated (half-webbed) or ring-necked plover has only one dark band across the upper part of his white breast.
1996 Northern Echo (Nexis) 27 Apr. 7 A kingfisher has taken up residence and a rare ring-necked plover was a recent visitor.
ring-necked snake n. (a) the European grass snake, Natrix natrix (obsolete); (b) the North American ring-neck snake, Diadophis punctatus; cf. ring snake n. at ring n.1 Compounds 2b.
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1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 283 One only [is found] in Britain, the common Ring-necked Snake (C. natrix and Natrix torquatus).
1882 Trans. Linn. Soc. N.Y. 1 123 A specimen of the Ring-necked Snake was found dead on June 12, 1880.
1948 Nature Mag. Apr. 171/2 If a female slimy salamander is attacked by a ring-necked snake as she guards her eggs, she will exude a sticky slime from her skin.
1971 J. Stidworthy Snakes of World 79 The Western Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis amabilis) is one of three species of ring-necked snakes to be found in North America.
1995 C. Mattison Encycl. Snakes 102/3 Western populations of ring-necked snakes, Diadophis punctatus, eat snakes among other prey.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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