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wryneck
(encz) | wryneck,krutihlav n: [zoo.] PetrV |
wryneck
(encz) | wryneck,tortikolis n: [med.] schýlení hlavy k jedné straně se stočením
ke straně druhé PetrV |
Wryneck
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
wryneck
(wn) | wryneck
n 1: an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side
because the neck muscles on that side are contracted [syn:
torticollis, wryneck]
2: Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the
neck |
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Wryneck
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Wrynecked
(gcide) | Wrynecked \Wry"necked`\, a.
Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called
wryneck[1].
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