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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[PJC]
3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of
the genus {Jynx} or subfamily {Jynginae}, allied to the
woodpeckers; especially, the common European species
({Jynx 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}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wryneck
n 1: an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side
because the neck muscles on that side are contracted [syn:
{torticollis}, {wryneck}]
2: Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the
neck
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