wry·neck /ˈraɪˌnɛk/
 歪脖,斜頸,啄木鳥的一種


 wry·neck /ˈraɪˌnɛk/ 名詞
 斜頸,捩頸


 Wry·neck n. Med.
 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.
 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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 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]
      2: Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the
         neck