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ringneck |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ring-necked \Ring"-necked`\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. {Ring-necked duck} (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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.
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