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Tonguebird
(gcide) | Tonguebird \Tongue"bird`\, n.
The wryneck.[Prov. Eng.]
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tonguebird
(gcide) | Wryneck \Wry"neck\, n. (Med.)
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1. 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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2. a person suffering from torticollis.
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3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of
the genus Jynx or subfamily Jynginae, allied to the
woodpeckers; especially, the common European species
(Jynx 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.
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Tonguebird
(gcide) | Tonguebird \Tongue"bird`\, n.
The wryneck.[Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Wryneck \Wry"neck\, n. (Med.)
[1913 Webster]
1. 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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2. a person suffering from torticollis.
[PJC]
3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of
the genus Jynx or subfamily Jynginae, allied to the
woodpeckers; especially, the common European species
(Jynx 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.
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