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torquate

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[tawr-kwit, -kweyt] / ˈtɔr kwɪt, -kweɪt /

adjective

Zoology.

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

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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