wryneck

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  • Noun:
    an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted
    Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck

Word Origin

wryneck (n.)
1580s, from wry + neck (n.). The bird so called from the singular manner in which is can twist the neck.

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