Look up: Wryneck

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   Wryneck
   The Wryneck (Iynx) is a genus of birds related to the woodpeckers, but differing from them in the soft tail which has no spiny shafts, and the absence of bristles around the nostrils which are partially covered by a membrane. The plummage is curiously mottled with black, brown, grey and white, much as in the nightjar. Wrynecks feed upon insects which they find chiefly on the ground. They select a decayed branch or post, in whose cavity the eggs are placed.
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   wryneck
   [n] - Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
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   Wryneck
   Wry'neck noun (Medicine) 1. 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 of the neck; torticollis. 2. (Zoology) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx , allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species ( J. torguilla ); -- so called fr ...
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   wryneck
   torticollis ...
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   wryneck
   noun Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
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   Wryneck
   The `wrynecks` (genus `Jynx`) are a small but distinctive group of small Old World woodpeckers. Like the true woodpeckers, wrynecks have large heads, long tongues which they use to extract their insect prey and zygodactyl feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backwards. However, they lack the stiff tail feathers that the true woodpeckers use when climbing trees, so they are more likely than their relatives to perch on a branch rather tha...
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   wryneck
   (ri´neck) wry neck torticollis.
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   Wryneck
   • (n.) 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 of the neck; torticollis. • (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit...
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   wryneck
   either of two species of birds that constitute the subfamily Jynginae of the woodpecker family (Picidae) but may be separated as the family Jyngidae. ... [1 related articles]
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    wryneck
    Syn: torticollis
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    Wryneck
    A disorder that occurs when a newborn's neck is twisted because of a shortened A newborn can be born with muscular torticollis after a difficult delivery. Most of the time this happens when the baby is born breech or has a high birth weight. During delivery, the baby's sternocleidomastoid (the muscle that runs from the jawbone to the collarbone...
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    wryneck
    wryneck, common name for a primitive, unspecialized bird of the genus Jynx. The name is said to derive from their habit of twisting their necks when disturbed. Unlike other members of the family Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and piculets, wrynecks neither climb nor drill, but rather perch ...
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