noun Download 🔗Share Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging. Examples : "We spotted a wryneck in the garden, its head twisting almost backwards as it searched for ants in the bark of the tree. " animal bird nature biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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; torticollis. Examples : "After sleeping in a strange position on the airplane, she woke up with a painful wryneck. " medicine physiology body anatomy disease Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading