WRYNECK


Meaning of WRYNECK in English

noun Date: 1585 either of two Old World woodpeckers ( Jynx torquilla or J. ruficollis ) that differ from the typical woodpeckers in having soft tail feathers and a peculiar manner of writhing the neck, torticollis

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