ring-necked duck

noun

1. a North American scauplike duck, Aythya collaris, having a chestnut ring around the neck.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ring-necked duck¹

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

“Prominent feature” names seem to be the most popular because they help birders make an identification, but species like Red-bellied Woodpecker and Ring-necked Duck, whose identifying marks are almost impossible to see if you’re not holding the bird in your hand, have long been a source of annoyance for birders.

From Slate

Look for the northern shoveler, the ring-necked duck and the gadwall.

From New York Times

Look for the northern shoveler, the ring-necked duck and the gadwall.

From New York Times

A ring-necked duck swam by at eye level, the water rippling beside me without spilling over the high metal sides of the Cycling Through Water bike path.

From The Guardian

Ring′bill, the ring-necked duck; Ring′-bolt, an iron bolt with a ring through a hole at one end; Ring′bone, in farriery, a bony callus on a horse's pastern-bone, the result of inflammation: the condition caused by this; Ring′-bunt′ing, the reed-bunting; Ring′-carr′ier, a go-between; Ring′-dī′al, a portable sun-dial; Ring′-dog, an iron apparatus for hauling timber; Ring′-dott′erel, the ringed plover; Ring′dove, the cushat or wood-pigeon, so called from a white ring or line on the neck; Ring′-drop′ping, a trick practised by rogues upon simple people.—adj.

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