radio collar

noun

: a collar with an attached radio transmitter that is put on an animal so that its movements in its natural habitat can be remotely monitored
radio-collar transitive verb

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Her research entailed working with rhinos that had been sedated and fitted with radio collars, a process so stressful that some females slowed their reproduction or miscarried; meanwhile, local trackers mocked her fancy receivers. Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024 The groups acknowledge that wolves have been removed in the past after radio collars helped track them. Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 7 Oct. 2024 After performing a health check and giving the wolf a radio collar to track her movements, wolf managers released the animal back into the wild. Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2024 As the parrots soar squawking past their home, the couple can readily identify bird No. 17 by its smooth feathers and can tell No. 16 from No. 22, which has two beads attached to its radio collar. Fabiano Maisonnave, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for radio collar 

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of radio collar was in 1964

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“Radio collar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20collar. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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