the wryneck

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tonguebird
longtongue
snakebird
slab
wryneck
{n} a genus of birds of the pye kind
wryneck
torguilla; so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions
wryneck
Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species J
wryneck
Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World that can turn their heads almost 180 degrees
wryneck
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
wryneck
{i} Old World woodpecker; torticollis; person suffering from torticollis
wryneck
Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck
wryneck
Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
the wryneck
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