brevicollis

== Latin == === Etymology === New Latin; from brevis (“small, short”) +‎ collum (“neck, throat, stem”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [brɛ.wɪˈkɔl.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [bre.viˈkɔl.lis] === Adjective === brevicollis (neuter brevicolle); third-declension two-termination adjective (New Latin) having a short neck (New Latin) having a short stem ==== Usage notes ==== Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective.