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torques

[ tawr-kweez ]

noun

, Zoology.
  1. a ringlike band or formation about the neck, as of feathers, hair, or integument of distinctive color or appearance; a collar.


torques

/ -kweɪt; ˈtɔːkwɪt; ˈtɔːkwiːz /

noun

  1. a distinctive band of hair, feathers, skin, or colour around the neck of an animal; a collar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • torquate, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of torques1

1560–70; < Latin torquēs twisted necklace or collar, equivalent to torqu ( ēre ) to twist (akin to Greek trépein to turn) + -ēs feminine deverbative noun suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of torques1

C17: from Latin: necklace, from torquēre to twist
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Example Sentences

The young man, however, disregarding Maildun's advice, took down one of the torques and brought it away.

A fresh find of torques and fibul has occurred in the spring of this year at La Moureta, near Ferrol.

Also some of them wore torques and bracelets of yellow metal that might be either brass or gold.

Round her alabaster neck was a magnificent "torques," or collar of twisted gold-wire.

About 1844 or 1845, some discoveries were made in Norfolk of gold torques and coins of the Iceni.

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