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torques
[ tawr-kweez ]
noun
, Zoology.
- 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
- a distinctive band of hair, feathers, skin, or colour around the neck of an animal; a collar
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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.
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A fresh find of torques and fibul has occurred in the spring of this year at La Moureta, near Ferrol.
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Also some of them wore torques and bracelets of yellow metal that might be either brass or gold.
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Round her alabaster neck was a magnificent "torques," or collar of twisted gold-wire.
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About 1844 or 1845, some discoveries were made in Norfolk of gold torques and coins of the Iceni.
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