noun🔗ShareВертишейкаEither of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging."We spotted a wryneck in the garden, its head twisting almost backwards as it searched for ants in the bark of the tree. "Мы заметили вертишейку в саду, ее голова почти поворачивалась назад, когда она искала муравьев в коре дерева.animalbirdnaturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareКривошеяA 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."After sleeping in a strange position on the airplane, she woke up with a painful wryneck. "После сна в странной позе в самолете она проснулась с болезненной кривошеей.medicinephysiologybodyanatomydiseaseChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
