TORQUATE


Meaning of TORQUATE in English

/tawr"kwit, -kwayt/ , adj. Zool.

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

[ 1655-65; torquatus adorned with a necklace, equiv. to torqu ( es ) twisted neck-chain + -atus -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .