wryneck
English
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪnɛk/
Noun
wryneck (plural wrynecks)
- Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World that can turn their heads almost 180 degrees.
- (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
Hyponyms
- Eurasian wryneck (J. torquilla)
- red-throated wryneck (J. ruficollis)
Translations
either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis
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torticollis — see torticollis
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