ring-neckn.
/ˈrɪŋnɛk/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋˌnɛk/ 1.
a. = ring-neck snake n. at Compounds.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Diadophis (ring-neck)
ring snake1778
ring-neck1791
ring-neck snake1881
1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 274 There are many other species of snakes in the regions of Florida and Carolina; as the..copper belly, ring neck, and two or three varieties of vipers.
1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. I. iv. 115 I shot one of the short black snakes that are known to the Dutch farmers as ‘ringnecks’, on account of the white mark on their throat.
1999 W. L. Heat Moon River Horse ix. 407 I challenged him to name his eleven serpents, and without hesitation he said, ‘Black snake.., garter snake, ring-neck, water snake.., and water moccasin’.
b. = ring-necked pheasant n. at ring-necked adj. Compounds; cf. ring-neck pheasant n. at Compounds.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > genus Phasianus > phasianus colchicus (pheasant)
pheasantc1299
ring pheasant1777
swish-tail1796
ring-neck1825
Colchian pheasant1862
Mongolian pheasant1903
Mongolian1909
Kyrgyz pheasant1922
1825 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. 1051 The ring-necks, native of Tartary, bred in China, very scarce.
1866 C. Stretton Sport & Sportsmen 242 ‘It's a beautiful three-year old bird,’ said Sykes, pointing to the white ring round the neck. ‘I like ring necks.’
1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 23 Oct. 18/1 This boy [sc. an old cock pheasant] looked like a Mongolian, seemed too dark for an ordinary ringneck.
1965 Observer 10 Oct. (Colour Suppl.) 33/2 There's a Mongolian there..a fine ring neck... That old bird he always roosts in that apple tree there.
1999 Shooting Gaz. Nov. 54/2 I prefer to use estates here in the south of England which provide me with eggs of Michigan crosses and standard ringnecks.
c. North American. Any of several small plovers of the genus Charadrius, which have a white collar; esp. the semipalmated plover, C. semipalmatus. Cf. ring plover n. at ring n.1 Compounds 2b, ringed plover n. at ringed adj. Compounds.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > genus Charadrius > charadrius hiaticula (ringed plover)
sea-lark1602
ringlestonesa1682
stone-runner1681
sand laverock1694
sandy laverock1710
ring-necked plover1750
towillee1758
sand lark1771
ringed plover1776
ring dotterel1797
ring plover1797
dulwilly1802
ring-neck1837
ringed sand plover1842
stonehatch1852
miller1885
sand-runner1894
1837 J. L. Williams Territory of Florida 75 Plover.—Atraradnus. Of these there is the kildear, spotted plover and ring-neck.
1876 G. B. Goode Classif. Coll. Illustr. Animal Resources U.S. 10 Plover, ring-neck, surf-bird.
a1899 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (1903) II. iii. 778 Eggs not certainly distinguishable from those of our Ring-neck.
1965 E. W. Teale Wandering through Winter 153 A pugnacious little ringneck, a semipalmated plover that apparently considered the bar its private preserve, dashed endlessly this way and that.
d. North American. = ring-necked duck n. at ring-necked adj. Compounds; cf. ring-neck duck n. at Compounds.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Aythya (miscellaneous)
ring-neck1838
1838 2nd Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Ohio 187 The ring-neck is a visiter [sic] early in the spring. Its flesh is hardly eatable.
1917 Birds of Amer. I. 137 Ring-necked Duck. Marila collaris... Other Names.—Ring-bill..Ring-neck.
1982 R. Elman Hunter's Field Guide 202 Ring-necked Duck... Common & Regional Names: ringneck, ringbill,..ring-necked scaup.
e. Australian. = ring-neck parrot n. at Compounds.
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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Psittaciformes (parrots, etc.) > [noun] > miscellaneous types of
lovebird1597
king parrot1803
vasa1811
king's parakeet1826
king lory1837
love-parrot1852
conure1858
king parakeet1865
ring-neck1879
love-parakeet1889
palette1890
lorilet1901
sackie1951
1879 Good Words 20 167/2 Bloodwing, Nanday, macaw, ring-neck, half-moon, blood-rump, blue-bonnet, and Pennant's ditto, at prices varying from £1 to £6 each.
1943 ‘W. Hatfield’ I find Austral. v. 87 Quarrion parrots and ring-necks, rosellas and parakeets.
1998 K. Simpson & N. Day Birds of Austral. (ed. 5) 337 The two ringnecks (Mallee Ringneck, Port Lincoln) interbreed where they meet. Therefore the birds..are best considered as a single variable species.
2. An animal's neck having a ring-like marking. Now rare.
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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > [noun] > genus Phasianus > phasianus colchicus (pheasant) > parts of
ring-neck1881
1881 L. U. Gill Bk. of Rabbit iii. 39 In a very complete little book issued in 1864..the illustration of the Dutch shows a rabbit with the ring neck.
1895 C. S. Cumberland Sport on Pamirs 148 I found the cock exactly like the English pheasant, without the ring neck.
1911 Jrnl. Exper. Zool. 10 253 The F2 black male [sc. a hybrid duck] lacks a ring neck and white primaries.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > new inhabitant
new-comeOE
new-cominga1387
foreigner1422
stranger1447
newcomerc1450
new face?a1513
new comeling1587
come-o'-will1815
settler1815
newie1856
sinkeh1878
new kid1894
ring-neck1898
blow-in1908
malihini1914
mystery1937
new jack1988
society > education > learning > learner > [noun] > novice or beginner
younglingOE
new-comeOE
novice1340
ginner?c1400
beginner1470
apprentice1489
prentice1489
infant1526
freshmana1557
intrant1560
enterer1565
puny?1570
weakling1575
new comeling1587
novist1587
incipient1589
puisne1592
abecedary1596
neophyte1600
abecedarian1603
bachelor1604
novelist?1608
alphabetary1611
breeching boy1611
tiro1611
alphabetarian1614
principiant1619
unexperienced1622
velvet head1631
undergraduatea1659
young stager1664
greenhorn1672
battledore boy1693
youngster1706
tironist1716
novitiatea1734
recruit1749
griffin1793
initiate1811
Johnny Newcome1815
Johnny Raw1823
griff1829
plebe1833
Johnny-come-lately1839
new chum1851
blanc-bec1853
fledgling1856
rookie1868
elementarian1876
tenderfoot1881
shorthorn1888
new kid1894
cheechako1897
ring-neck1898
Johnny1901
rook1902
fresh meat1908
malihini1914
initiand1915
stooge1930
intakea1943
cub1966
1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 390/1 Ring-neck,..a term used in the back blocks in reference to the white collar not infrequently worn by a Jackaroo on his first appearance.
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In the names of animals, esp. birds. Cf. sense 1, and ring-necked adj.† ring-neck crow n. South African Obsolete the white-necked raven, Corvus albicollis.Only in glosses of the Afrikaans name.
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1796 tr. F. Le Vaillant New Trav. Afr. II. 34 Having a white patch on the hinder part of the neck, it has thence, in the colonies, received the appellation of ring-hals-kraai (ring-neck crow).
1867 E. L. Layard Birds S. Afr. 167 Corvus Albicollis..; Ringhals Kraai of Colonists, lit. Ring-neck Crow.
1897 H. A. Bryden Nature & Sport 62 There are two kinds [of crow]..—one known to the colonists as the bonte kraai (pied crow).., and the other called the ringhals kraai (ring-neck crow).
ring-neck dove n. any of various doves, esp. of the genus Streptopelia, having a partial ring-shaped marking or collar on the neck; (now esp.) (chiefly U.S.) the domesticated Barbary dove, ‘ S. risoria’, which is feral in some United States towns; cf. ring-dove n. 2, ringed dove n. at ringed adj. Compounds, ringed turtle-dove n. at ringed adj. Compounds, ring-necked dove n. at ring-necked adj. Compounds.
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1834 R. M. Martin Hist. Brit. Colonies II. ix. 343 The forests abound with wild pigeons, mountain-ring-neck doves, and ground doves.
1878 Jrnl. Hort. 30 203/1 A valued friend..has in his possession a Ring-neck Dove which he has owned for nineteen years.
1947 Amer. Biol. Teacher 21 17/2 The blonds generally go by the names ‘ringneck dove’, ‘ring dove’, ‘Barbary dove’, ‘collared turtle dove’, or ‘laughing dove’.
2003 G. Bogue Raccoon Next Door 117/2 Ringneck dove (Streptopelia risoria). This is probably the most common domestic dove kept in captivity.
2004 I. Sinclair Photogr. Guide Birds S. Afr. (ed. 4) 55 Cape Turtle-dove Streptopelia capicola... The ‘ring-neck’ dove..shows a diagnostic white tip and sides to the tail in flight.
ring-neck duck n. North American = ring-necked duck n. at ring-necked adj. Compounds; cf. sense 1d.
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1844 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 1 174 Ring-neck Duck—male, Fuligula rufitorques.
1911 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 7 Oct. 2/6 The average flight in feet per second of wildfowl is as follows: Canvasback ducks, 150 feet; blue-winged teal, 230..; ring-neck duck, 75.
1994 Outdoor Canada May 35/3 Wayne Simkin of Barrie, Ontario, won Best of Show in diving ducks for his ringneck duck.
ring-neck goose n. North American †(a) the brent goose or brant, Branta bernicla (obsolete); (b) the Canada goose, B. canadensis (now rare).
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1817 T. Forster Synoptical Catal. Brit. Birds 35 Anas Bernicla, Ringneck Goose.
1899 Recreation Feb. 125/1 Mr. Leyland Frazier, of Dewitt, Mo., was hunting geese..when a flock of 6 ringneck geese came to his decoys.
1918 Stone & Webster Jrnl. 22 70 They brought back one hundred and five ducks and eleven Canadian ringneck geese.
ring-neck parakeet n. (a) = ring-necked parakeet n. at ring-necked adj. Compounds; †(b) Australian = ring-neck parrot n. (obsolete).
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1842 W. B. Langdon Ten Thousand Things Relating to China xxi. 147 Psitticus Alexandri. Ring Neck Parroquet.
1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 390 The light-coloured band round the neck of the Ring-neck Parrakeet.
1919 Ann. Rep. N.Y. Zool. Soc. 1918 132 Birchall, Mrs. F. T., New York City: 1 Black-Throated Jay Thrush, 1 Mealy Rosella Parrakeet, 1 Ring-Neck Parrakeet.
2005 Avian Dis. 49 196/1 The ringneck parakeets were reported to have originated from a swap meet in southern California.
ring-neck parrot n. a variable Australian parrot, Barnardius zonarius, which is chiefly green with a yellow collar; cf. sense 1e.There were formerly considered to be two (or more) species in the genus Barnardius but they are now usually regarded as races of the one species.
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1891 Trans. Royal Soc. S. Austral. 14 52/2 Ulbatja, ringneck parrot.
1945 C. Barrett Austral. Bird Life 80 The ringneck parrot (Barnardius barnardi) inhabits the interior of southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria.., and South Australia.
2000 Condor 102 905/1 The flight calls of Ringneck Parrots (Barnardius zonarius) were tape recorded in Western Australia.
ring-neck pheasant n. = ring-necked pheasant n. at ring-necked adj. Compounds; cf. sense 1b.
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?a1808 Universal Syst. Nat. Hist. VI. 332 The Ring-neck Pheasant: a very beautiful bird, which differs in having a ring of pure white round the neck.
1913 Amer. Naturalist 47 701 The ring-neck pheasant, so called, refers to the common stock pheasant which is now practically pure torquatus.
1976 D. Blood Rocky Mountain Wildlife i. ii. 134 Three introduced species—ringneck pheasant, gray (Hungarian) partridge, and chuker partridge—occur only sporadically.
2002 Field & Stream Jan. (Suppl.) 60/1 Geneticists..have crossed English ringneck pheasants with Korean green pheasants, Mongolian pheasants, and black-necked pheasants.
ring-neck snake n. †(a) South African the rinkhals, Hemachatus haemachatus (obsolete); (b) a small North American colubrid snake, Diadophis punctatus, which has a yellow neck ring and an orange or red belly, occurring in moist habitats; cf. sense 1a.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Diadophis (ring-neck)
ring snake1778
ring-neck1791
ring-neck snake1881
1881 E. E. Frewer tr. E. Holub Seven Years S. Afr. I. Contents iv. 93 Ring-neck snakes.
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 197/1 One, Sepedon hæmachates, is named..‘Ring-Neck Snake’, the latter name being, however, often applied also to the cobra.
1957 A. H. Wright & A. A. Wright Handbk. of Snakes (1994) I. 163 Western ring-necked snake.., Western ring-neck snake..Diadophis amabilis amabilis.
1995 C. Mattison Encycl. Snakes 133/1 (caption) The ‘corkscrew’ display of the ringneck snake, Diadophis punctatus, exposes the snake's brightly coloured underside.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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