2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Tonguebird \Tongue"bird`\, n. The wryneck.[Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wryneck \Wry"neck\, n. (Med.) [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. a person suffering from torticollis. [PJC] 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}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
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