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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a ring of color around the neck; collared; torquate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.
  • adjective (Zool.) an American scaup duck (Aythya collaris). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female. Called also ring-neck, ring-necked blackhead, ringbill, tufted duck, and black jack.

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