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
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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.
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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
When a captive mother whelps, or gives birth on her own, managers match her pups with a wild den using GPS coordinates from radio collars placed on packs’ breeding alpha male and female.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
Once inside, the creatures will be anesthetized, receive a veterinary exam and get fitted for a radio collar so biologists can track their whereabouts.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2024
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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
When a captive mother whelps, or gives birth on her own, managers match her pups with a wild den using GPS coordinates from radio collars placed on packs’ breeding alpha male and female.
—Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
Once inside, the creatures will be anesthetized, receive a veterinary exam and get fitted for a radio collar so biologists can track their whereabouts.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2024
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“Radio collar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radio%20collar. Accessed 20 Aug. 2024.
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