| 单词 | colour-ringing |
| 释义 | > as lemmascolour-ringing colour-ringing n. Ornithology the marking of birds using differently coloured rings (usually fixed to the legs) to distinguish individuals within a population. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > ringing for identification ringing1910 colour-ringing1939 1939 D. Lack in I. Cox Wild Life around Us ix. 94 This breast-waving of the robin is part of its fighting. Colour-ringing has shown that it is done by both owners of the territory against intruders of either sex. 2006 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 273 1376/1 Cooperative breeding is difficult to determine without colour-ringing or phenotypic differences among group members. < as lemmas |
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