Dictionary

wryneck en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹaɪnɛk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From wry + neck.

Meanings

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. (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.

Forms

Deriveds

wrynecked

Hyponyms

red-throated wryneck · Eurasian wryneck

Synonyms

torticollis · mackerel bird

Translations (29)

lv tītiņš (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · nrf turbé (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · grc ἴϋγξ (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · tr boyunburan (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · bg въртошийка (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · fr torcol (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · sh krivovrat (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · ast paxarón del agua (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · cs krutihlav (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · ast ayayái (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · ru вертише́йка (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · ota بویون بوران (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · ast formigueru (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · pt torcicolo (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · nrf ouaîsé â blié (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · sv göktyta (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · la iynx (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · pl krętogłów (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · sh krivošija (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · ro capîntortură (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · ca colltort (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · it torcicollo (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · es torcecuello (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · de Wendehals (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · lt gražiagalvė (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · fi käenpiika (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · nl draaihals (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · hu nyaktekercs (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis) · se giegabiigá (either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis)