writheneck
ˈwritheneck
[
f.
writhe
v.
1
]
=
wryneck
1.
1885
Swainson
Prov.
Names Birds
103
Wryneck (
Jynx torquilla
). So called from the extraordinary pliancy of its neck; whence also Writhe neck.
Oxford English Dictionary
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