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• Wryneck — Wry neck, n. (Med.) [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. a person suffering from torticollis.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wryneck — ► NOUN ▪ a bird of the woodpecker family, with brown plumage and a habit of twisting its head backwards …   English terms dictionary

• wryneck — [rīnek΄] n. 1. a) TORTICOLLIS b) a person afflicted with this 2. any of a genus (Jynx) of Old World woodpeckers with long, soft tail feathers and a habit of twisting the neck …   English World dictionary

• Wryneck — Taxobox name = Wrynecks image caption = Eurasian Wryneck image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Piciformes familia = Picidae genus = Jynx genus authority = Linnaeus, 1758 subdivision ranks = Species… …   Wikipedia

• wryneck — /ruy nek /, n. 1. Informal. a. torticollis. b. a person having torticollis. 2. any of several small Old World climbing birds of the subfamily Jynginae, of the woodpecker family, noted for the peculiar habit of twisting the head and neck. [1575… …   Universalium

• wryneck — wry•neck [[t]ˈraɪˌnɛk[/t]] n. 1) pat inf Informal. a) torticollis b) a person having torticollis 2) orn either of two small Old World birds of the genus Jynx, of the woodpecker family, with mottled gray brown plumage: noted for their snakelike… …   From formal English to slang

• wryneck — /ˈraɪnɛk/ (say ruynek) noun 1. either of two species of small African and Eurasian birds constituting the subfamily Jynginae, allied to the woodpeckers, and notable for their peculiar manner of twisting the neck and head. 2. a. → torticollis. b.… …  

• wryneck — noun Date: 1585 1. either of two Old World woodpeckers (Jynx torquilla or J. ruficollis) that differ from the typical woodpeckers in having soft tail feathers and a peculiar manner of writhing the neck 2. torticollis …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• wryneck — n. 1 = TORTICOLLIS. 2 any bird of the genus Jynx of the woodpecker family, able to turn its head over its shoulder …   Useful english dictionary

• wryneck — noun Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World that can turn their heads almost 180 degrees …   Wiktionary

• wryneck — noun 1》 a bird of the woodpecker family, with brown plumage and a habit of twisting its head backwards. [Jynx torquilla.] 2》 another term for torticollis …   English new terms dictionary