WRYNECK

wryneck

(noun) Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck

torticollis, wryneck

(noun) an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

wryneck (plural wrynecks)

Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.

(medicine, dated) A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles; torticollis.

Synonyms

• mackerel bird

Hyponyms

• Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

• red-throated wryneck (Jynx ruficollis)

Source: Wiktionary

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Wry"neck, n. (Med.)

1. A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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