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wryneck
n.
Old World woodpecker; torticollis; person suffering from torticollis
Wryneck
wryneck
Noun
1. an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
(synonym) torticollis
(hypernym) abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
2. Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
(hypernym) woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker
(member-holonym) Jynx, genus Jynx
wryneck
nm.
(Zoology) wryneck, small bird
Wryneck
(n.)
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.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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