Wryneck

Language: English

Pronunciation: wry-neck

Part of Speech: noun

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

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"an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted"

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"Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck"

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