Wryneck

Wryneck
Wryneck Wry"neck, n. (Med.) [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]

2. a person suffering from torticollis. [PJC]

3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus {Jynx} or subfamily {Jynginae}, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species ({Jynx 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}. [1913 Webster +PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • wryneck — ► NOUN ▪ a bird of the woodpecker family, with brown plumage and a habit of twisting its head backwards …   English terms dictionary

  • wryneck — [rīnek΄] n. 1. a) TORTICOLLIS b) a person afflicted with this 2. any of a genus (Jynx) of Old World woodpeckers with long, soft tail feathers and a habit of twisting the neck …   English World dictionary

  • Wryneck — Taxobox name = Wrynecks image caption = Eurasian Wryneck image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Piciformes familia = Picidae genus = Jynx genus authority = Linnaeus, 1758 subdivision ranks = Species… …   Wikipedia

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  • Wryneck — grąžiagalvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Jynx torquilla angl. Wryneck vok. Wendehals …   Paukščių anatomijos terminai

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  • wryneck — noun Date: 1585 1. either of two Old World woodpeckers (Jynx torquilla or J. ruficollis) that differ from the typical woodpeckers in having soft tail feathers and a peculiar manner of writhing the neck 2. torticollis …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • wryneck — noun Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World that can turn their heads almost 180 degrees …   Wiktionary

  • wryneck — SYN: torticollis. * * * wry·neck rī .nek n TORTICOLLIS * * * n. see torticollis * * * wry·neck (riґneck) torticollis …   Medical dictionary

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