: a ring-necked animal

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This recipe adapts the hops-roasting technique with something a little wilder—a ringneck pheasant. The Editors, Field & Stream, 4 July 2024 But falling temperatures late in the year reorder a ringneck’s priorities. Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 3 Jan. 2024

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First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ringneck was in 1791

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“Ringneck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ringneck. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.

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