ear tag

American  

noun

1. an identification tag fastened to the ear of an animal.

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Example Sentences

Colleagues then took the kittens a short distance away and did a workup — which involves a physical exam, where body measurements are recorded, and attaching an ear tag — before the mother returned.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2022

The captured animals are marked with a microchip and ear tag and released.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2022

Among them: a company trying to build an inexpensive polar bear ear tag for the U.S.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2021

Hissy, or Wyatt, was now bear 1918, at least going by the number on his ear tag.

From Washington Times • Jun. 28, 2020

Both the does and the bucks must be marked with an ear tag, brand, tattoo number, or some other permanent individual mark, and the kids should be marked at birth.

From Practical Angora Goat Raising by