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wryneck

wryneck

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English

Eurasian wryneck twisting its neck

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wryneck

Etymology

From wry +‎ neck.

Pronunciation

(General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪnɛk/

Noun

wryneck (plural wrynecks)

Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.
(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

Hyponyms

Translations

either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis

Asturian: ayayái (ast), formigueru (ast), paxarón del agua (ast)
Bulgarian: въртошийка f (vǎrtošijka)
Catalan: colltort (ca) m
Czech: krutihlav
Dutch: draaihals (nl) m
Finnish: käenpiika (fi)
French: torcol (fr)
German: Wendehals (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: ἴυγξ f (íunx)
Hungarian: nyaktekercs (hu)
Italian: torcicollo (it)
Latin: iynx f
Latvian: tītiņš m
Lithuanian: gražiagalvė f
Norman: turbé m (Guernsey), ouaîsé â blié m (Jersey)
Northern Sami: giegabiigá
Ottoman Turkish: بویون بوران (boyun buran)
Portuguese: torcicolo (pt) m
Romanian: capîntortură (ro) f
Russian: вертише́йка (ru) f (vertišéjka)
Serbo-Croatian: krivovrat, krivošija
Spanish: torcecuello m
Swedish: göktyta (sv) c
Turkish: boyunburan (tr) sg

torticollis — see torticollis

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