Definition of wryneck

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Wryneck (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.

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Long-tongue :: Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck.
Snakebird :: Snakebird (n.) The wryneck.
Peabird :: Peabird (n.) The wryneck; -- so called from its note.
Slab :: Slab (n.) The wryneck.
Yunx :: Yunx (n.) A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.
Pici :: Pici (n. pl.) A division of birds including the woodpeckers and wrynecks.
Wrynecked :: Wrynecked (a.) Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.
Tonguebird :: Tonguebird (n.) The wryneck.
Weet-bird :: Weet-bird (n.) The wryneck; -- so called from its cry.
Wryneck :: Wryneck (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..
Wryneck :: Wryneck (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.
Torticollis :: Torticollis (n.) See Wryneck.
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