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WRYNECK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wryneck" is a kind of...):
pecker; peckerwood; woodpecker (bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects)
Holonyms ("wryneck" is a member of...):
genus Jynx; Jynx (wrynecks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
Synonyms:
torticollis; wryneck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("wryneck" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
