Associations to the word «Wryneck»
Noun
- Woodpecker
- Whaler
- Yew
- Yam
- Vertebrate
- Wren
- Viscosity
- Vulture
- Warbler
- Viper
- Voyager
- Genetics
- Yeast
- Violet
- Destroyer
- Pi
- Astronomy
- Vitamin
- Spacecraft
- Ant
- Diamond
- Bird
- Venus
- Yellow
- Subfamily
- Volcano
- Vegetable
- Vein
- Gale
- Survivor
- Encyclopedia
- Velocity
- Convoy
- Syndrome
- Disorder
- Fever
- Red
- Virus
- Li
- Particle
- Topic
- Draw
- Muscle
- Species
- Ray
- Reality
- Iii
- Vision
- Neck
- Pain
- Northern
- Family
- White
- Agent
- Troop
- Recording
- Africa
- Volume
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Wiktionary
WRYNECK, noun. Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World that can turn their heads almost 180 degrees.
WRYNECK, noun. (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; torticollis.
Dictionary definition
WRYNECK, noun. An unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted.
WRYNECK, noun. Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck.
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