wryneck

---

Pronunciation

• (America, RP) IPA: /ˈɹaɪnɛk/

Noun

wryneck (plural wrynecks)

1. Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.
2. (medicine, dated) 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; torticollis.

Synonyms

• mackerel bird

Translations

• French: torcol
• German: Wendehals
• Italian: torcicollo
• Portuguese: torcicolo
• Russian: вертише́йка
• Spanish: torcecuello

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003