wryneck

n.  歪脖;啄木鸟的一种

医学



双语例句

  1. And it revealed that eight species have become extinct since the publication of the original plan in1994, including the wryneck bird, two lichens, three moths and two beetles.
    报告还披露,从1994年那份原始计划出版至今有8种物种已经灭绝,包括歪脖啄木鸟,两种地衣,三种娥类和两种甲虫。

英英释义

noun

  1. Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck

    1. an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted

        Synonym:    torticollis