wryneck

From wry +‎ neck.

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪnɛk/

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wryneck (plural wrynecks)

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. (medicine, 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.

   Synonym: torticollis

• mackerel bird

• Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
• red-throated wryneck (Jynx ruficollis)