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1. (n.) wryneck
Informal.
2. wryneck
a person having torticollis.
3. wryneck
either of two small Old World birds of the genus Jynx, of the woodpecker family, with mottled gray-brown plumage: noted for their snakelike contortions of the neck when disturbed on the nest.
Etymology: (1575–85)
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1. (noun) torticollis, wryneck
an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
2. (noun) wryneck
Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
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1. (noun) wryneck
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. (noun) wryneck
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
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