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ear tag

noun, verb — 4 senses

ear tag

nounalso spelled ear-tag
1

Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle A tag attached to the ear of an animal (usually a farm animal) to identify ownership.

2

Medicine, Sciences A benign growth of skin or cartilage on the ear near the tragus.

ear tag

verb
1

Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle To apply an ear tag to an animal.

  • By law calves must be ear tagged within 36 hours for dairy and 20 days for beef cattle.
Derived terms
ear-tag

ear-tag

verb

Etymology Denominal verb of ear tag.

1

Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle to attach an ear tag to the ear of an animal.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for ear tag and ear-tag.