meaning of wryneck
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. 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 cuckoos mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.
3. Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
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