English noun: wryneck | |||
1. | wryneck (state) an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted | ||
Synonyms | torticollis | ||
Broader (hypernym) | abnormalcy, abnormality | ||
2. | wryneck (animal) Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pecker, peckerwood, woodpecker | ||
Member meronym | genus Jynx, Jynx | ||