English Dictionary

wryneck

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹaɪnɛk/

名詞

古風

Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.

日本語の意味

旧世界に生息する2種類の小型キツツキ（Jynx torquillaおよびJynx ruficollis）で、採餌時に首をほぼ180度回転させる特徴を持つ鳥。

While hiking through the orchard, I spotted a solitary wryneck probing the bark with its tongue and turning its head almost impossibly to peer into crevices.

果樹園を歩いていると、採餌のときに首をほぼ180度回す小さなキツツキの一種（Jynx torquilla または Jynx ruficollis）が、舌で樹皮を探りながら隙間を覗き込んでいるのを見つけた。

意味（1）

Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.

意味（2）

(medicine, dated) 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; torticollis.

wrynecks （ plural ）