Word Study
torquate
CIDE DICTIONARY
torquate, a. [L. torquatus wearing a collar.].
Collared; having a torques, or distinct colored ring around the neck. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
torquate, adj. Zool. (of an animal) with a ring of distinctive colour or texture of hair or plumage round the neck.
Etymology
L torquatus (as TORQUE)
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