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Webster 1913 Edition
Ringneck
Ring′neckˊ
,Noun.
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of small plovers of the genus
Aegialitis
, having a ring around the neck. The ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in winter. The semipalmated plover (Aegialitis semipalmata
) and the piping plover (Aegialitis meloda
) are common North American species. Called also ring plover
, and ring-necked plover
. 2.
(Zool.)
The ring-necked duck.