Definitions for wryneck

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Spelling: [rahy-nek]

IPA: /ˈraɪˌnɛk/

Wryneck is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in wryneck (ceknrwy).

Definitions for wryneck

noun

1. Informal. torticollis. a person having torticollis.
2. any of several small Old World climbing birds of the subfamily Jynginae, of the woodpecker family, noted for the peculiar habit of twisting the head and neck.

Origin of wryneck

First recorded in 1575-85; wry + neck

Examples for wryneck

Like very many other migrants, the wryneck does not appear to be powerful on the wing.

He also includes the Nuthatch, which was at that time (as well as the wryneck) called a "Woodpecker."

"That can be nothing else but a wryneck," said Jimmy, noticing its movement.

The wryneck is as retiring in disposition as the sparrow is obtrusive.

At most seasons of the year the wryneck is a remarkably silent bird.

The 'vile squeaking of the wryneck'd fife' is of some musical interest.

Last year the wryneck was a scarce bird in this neighbourhood; in all my walks I heard but two or three, and at long intervals.

Unlike the woodpecker the wryneck does not hollow out its hole for itself.

Other naturalists have found the wryneck in India equally tame.

The wryneck was thought to build the nest, and hatch and feed the young of the cuckoo.