wryneck

Meaning

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

Synonyms

torticollis

Eurasian wryneck

pleasing

sapsucker

stiff neck

woodpecker

Loxia

cramp

loxia

excellent

Translations

Jynx torquilla

Wendehals

torcicollo

torcecuello

torcol

torcicolo

draaihals

torticolis

torcol fourmilier

tortícolis

colltort

collotorto

pic

torcecoll

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹaɪnɛk/

Etymology

From wry + neck.