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Definition of Ringnecks

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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]. semipalmata) and the piping plover ([AE]. meloda) are common North American species. Called also ring plover, and ring-necked plover. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The ring-necked duck.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) A scaup duck. See below. Scaup duck (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of northern ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult males are, in large part, black. The three North American species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var. nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill, blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and raft duck; the lesser scaup duck (A. affinis), called also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck (A. collaris), called also black jack, ringneck, ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust.. of Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common European scaup, or mussel, duck (A. marila), closely resembles the American variety.

Meaning of Ringnecks from wikipedia

- licence is required to keep or dispose of more than four Port Lincoln ringnecks. All four subspecies are sold in the Canary Islands and in Australia,...
- Ringneck may refer to: Australian ringneck, a parrot native to Australia Barbary dove or Ringneck dove, a domesticated dove species Diadophis punctatus...
- green colour in the wild with a red beak and blue tail, and captive bred ringnecks have multiple colour mutations which include turquoise, cinnamon, olive...
- social, and multiple ringnecks may be found in the same hiding spot during any season. The favored habitat of the northern ringneck snake over most of its...
- Diadophis punctatus, commonly known as the ring-necked snake or ringneck snake, is a harmless species of colubrid snake found throughout much of the United...
- Diadophis punctatus arnyi, also known commonly as the prairie ringneck snake, is a subspecies of small, thin snake in the family Dipsadidae. The subspecies...
- The Barbary dove, ringed turtle dove, ringneck dove, ring-necked turtle dove, or ring dove (Streptopelia risoria) is a domestic member of the dove and...
- Liopeltis tricolor, commonly known as the Malayan ringneck or tricoloured ringneck , is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. It is...
- Mississippi ringneck snake, is a subspecies of Diadophis punctatus that is endemic to the United States. Like D. p. punctatus, the Mississippi ringneck snake...
- the regal ringneck snake, is a subspecies of ringneck snake endemic to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The regal ringneck snake is...