- 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. Source: opted
- 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. Source: opted
- 3. n. an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted Source: wordnet
- 4. n. Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 7. n. Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck Source: ecdict
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