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(1):

(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 of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck.

(2):

(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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wryneck'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/wryneck.html. 1828.
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