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Definition: Ringneck
Ringneck
\Ring"neck`\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small plovers of
the genus
[AE]gialitis, having a ring around the neck.
The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in
winter. The semipalmated plover (
[AE]gialitis semipalmata
) and the piping plover (
[AE]gialitis meloda
) are common North American species. Called also
ring plover, and
ring-necked plover.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) The ring-necked duck.
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