Wryneck

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1. Noun

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

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.

3. Noun

Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment

4. Noun

an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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