wryneck
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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 — grąžiagalvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Jynx torquilla angl. Wryneck vok. Wendehals … Paukščių anatomijos terminai
wryneck — grąžiagalvės statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Jynx angl. wryneck vok. Wendehals, m rus. вертиголовка, f; вертишейка, f pranc. torcol, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – grąžiagalvės siauresnis terminas – eurazinė grąžiagalvė… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
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 — SYN: torticollis. * * * wry·neck rī .nek n TORTICOLLIS * * * n. see torticollis * * * wry·neck (riґneck) torticollis … Medical dictionary
wryneck — Synonyms and related words: adenoiditis, adrenitis, appendicitis, arteritis, arthritis deformans, arthritis fungosa, arthritis pauperum, atrophic arthritis, atrophic inflammation, blennorrhagic arthritis, bowlegs, brain fever, bronchitis, bunion … Moby Thesaurus
