wryneck.
Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.
Meaning & usage
Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.
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.
Where this word comes from
From wry + neck.
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