radio collar

¹

noun

1. a neck band equipped with a small radio transmitter and attached to an animal for tracking its movement in the wild.

radio-collar

²

[ rey-dee-oh-kol-er ]

verb (used with object)

1. to attach a radio collar to (an animal).

Example Sentences

As the parrots soar squawking past their home, the couple can readily identify bird No. 17 by its smooth feathers and can tell No. 16 from No. 22, which has two beads attached to its radio collar.

From Seattle Times

Each bear will have a radio collar for their first few years in their new home, offering semiregular updates on the bears’ whereabouts.

From Seattle Times

“We believe it will be important for state wildlife officials to put a radio collar on one or more wolves in that pack to better understand how they are behaving,” said Kirk Wilbur, vice president of government affairs at the California Cattlemen’s Assn.

From Los Angeles Times

The latest death was caused by an infestation under a cheetah’s radio collar due to humid and wet weather conditions in central India, according to veterinarians from South Africa who are closely involved with the project.

From Seattle Times

The Indian government said the cheetah deaths being caused by an infection under their radio collar is “speculation and hearsay.”

From Seattle Times