torquate
American
[tawr-kwit, -kweyt]
/ ˈtɔr kwɪt, -kweɪt /
adjective
Zoology.
Etymology
Origin of torquate
1655–65; < Latin torquātus adorned with a necklace, equivalent to torqu ( ēs ) twisted neck-chain + -ātus -ate 1
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