ruff

ruff:

I. A kind collar: *collaris genus quod Anglice ruff dicitur: the mark like a c. on a bird's neck: torquis, is, m.: (a parrot) having a scarlet r., torque miniato in cervice distincta, Plin. 10, 42, 58.

II. A r. pigeon:

1. palumbus torquatus, Mart. 13, 67, 1.

2. *măchētes pugnax: Tringa pugnax, Linn.

III. A fish: *perca cernua; acerĭna vulgaris; asprēdo: Eng. Cycl.