- 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. - Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus
Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European
species (J. 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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