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torquate

[ tawr-kwit, -kweyt ]

adjective

, Zoology.
  1. ringed about the neck, as with feathers or a color; collared.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of torquate1

1655–65; < Latin torquātus adorned with a necklace, equivalent to torqu ( ēs ) twisted neck-chain + -ātus -ate 1

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