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torquillus

torquillus [CL torques+-illus] 1 (as sb. m., in gl.) twisted band, wisp. wyspe, torques ‥ ~us PP. 2 (as sb. f.) kind of woodpecker-like bird, wryneck (Iynx torquilla). iynx, ~a Gazae ‥ cinerei coloris avicula caudam vibrans assidue ‥ nomina omnia a colli obtorsione efficta ‥ a wrynecke J. Higgins Nomenclator (London, 1585) 59b.

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