ear-tagged

Wearing farm jewelry

Ear-tagged describes livestock or wildlife fitted with a tag clipped to the ear for identification and tracking.

The tags typically display numbers or codes linking to records of ownership, health history, or research data.

Figuratively, something ear-tagged has been marked or designated for a particular purpose: The funds were ear-tagged for infrastructure.

livestock

identification

Establishing who someone is

  • cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
  • sheepWoolly farm animal
  • goatsHorned farm ruminants

swine · herd · farm · ranching · animal husbandry · breeding · veterinary · tracking · registration · inventory

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identification method

ear-taggedbranded

Marked by hot iron

tattooed · microchipped · notched · collared

identification status

ear-taggeduntagged

Lacking an identifier

unmarked · unidentified · wild · feral · unbranded

Family

ear, tag, tagged, tagging, tags, ears, eared, earring, earlobe

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