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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


Synonymstorticollis


Broader (hypernym)abnormalcy, abnormality

2. wryneck (animal) Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck


Broader (hypernym)pecker, peckerwood, woodpecker


Member meronymgenus Jynx, Jynx









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