unringed

unringed

(ʌnˈrɪŋd)
adj
1. not having or wearing a ring
2. (Agriculture) (of a pig) not wearing a nose-ring
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* Nest 4: A Scottish male and unringed female with three eggs.
Famous osprey who survived epic journey across Africa returns to Kielder; Blue UV's first migration across Africa saw him cross six countries and travel 5,000km. He is among the ospreys that are now back at Kielder this year
It was one of our old friends, yellow 80, who had bred in the area a few years ago and his unringed mate.
April showers provide boost after dry spell
year was always to do They must be "unringed" - neither married nor engaged.
A thoroughly modern Mary; Scot tells of joy at being first mum to win coveted Irish title
Branch leaves 1.6-2.0 x 1.2-1.4 mm, broadly ovate, strongly concave, margins involute in the upper half, cucullate-concave and dorsally roughened at the apex; hyaline cells rhomboidal, with large, rounded, unringed pores on the ventral surface, more pores in the upper cells, with few elliptic, ringed pores at the opposite ends on the dorsal surface; green cells in cross section narrowly elliptic, centrally located, slightly and equally exposed on both surfaces.
Sphagnum (velvet) species used by rural communities at the Guaratuba EPA, Parana State, Brazil/Especies de Sphagnum (veludo) utilizadas pelas comunidades rurais da APA de Guaratuba, Estado do Parana, Brasil
We scored females captured for the first time (unringed) as recruits, and their share of the total catch was used as the annual recruitment rate.
Breeding success and breeding population trends of waterfowl: implications for monitoring
Antennae black at the base, otherwise reddish brown, with 4-5 yellow rings in the female; unringed in the male, but there with white tips.
Taxonomic notes on some Central American Ommatolampinae
From a peak-ringed basin, to a mesa or plateau, to a single unringed peak--less and less concave, more and more convex.
Challenging ASEAN: a "topological" view
John also had three or four woodcock and at least two unringed chiffchaffs.
John Dempse on country matters..
8 WORTTYNE (OED unringed 1510), WOTTENLY (OED wittingly 1851), WYTOUTEN (OED list 1389), all 1 2 10 20
Shortest words containing a given number of number-names
He beat off stiff competition from a rival Rutland osprey to win the affections of an unringed female, thought to have come from Scotland.
First osprey for 150 years
Undercover officers found six unringed goldfinches at the youth's house, some with traces of glue on their plumage and claws, indicating they had recently been snared.
Fight this cruel trade against wild birds
Previously unringed birds aged as [greater than or equal to]2 yr old (n = 14 individuals) were assumed to be exactly 2 yr old.
Polygyny in great reed warblers: a long term study of factors contributing to male fitness
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