ear tag

ear tag (plural ear tags)

1. (agriculture) A tag attached to the ear of an animal (usually a farm animal) to identify ownership.

   Coordinate terms: backtag, collar, dog tag, earmark

2. (medicine) A benign growth of skin or cartilage on the ear near the tragus.

ear tag (third-person singular simple present ear tags, present participle ear tagging, simple past and past participle ear tagged)

1. (agriculture) 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.

• ear-tag (verb)

• “ear tag”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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