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
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.
• mackerel bird
• Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
• red-throated wryneck (Jynx ruficollis)
Source: Wiktionary
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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