Thesaurus: wryneck

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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. n. an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
4. n. Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
5. 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.) 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.
6. Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genusJynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common Europeanspecies (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning theneck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate,snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.
7. n. Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck