Category:Wryneck

Wry"neck, n. (med.)

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.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.