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wryneck


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wryneck  \Wry"neck\,  n.  (Med.) 
  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.  (Zo["o]l.)  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wryneck 
  n  1:  an  unnatural  condition  in  which  the  head  leans  to  one  side 
  because  the  neck  muscles  on  that  side  are  contracted 
  [syn:  {torticollis}] 
  2:  Old  World  woodpecker  with  a  peculiar  habit  of  twisting  the 
  neck 




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