Canadian English Meaning of wryneck

Wryneck

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Wordnet

wryneck (n)

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

Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck

Webster

wryneck (n.)

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.

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.

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Wryneck

an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted, Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of t

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wrymouth => Wrymouth, wryly => wryly, wrying => writhing, wrybill => Wrybill, wry face => Wry face,