wryneck

/ˈɹaɪnɛk/

IPA: /R AY1 N EH0 K/

noun
  1. 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. 2

    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; torticollis.

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