Eurasian wryneck

noun

A small migratory bird in the woodpecker family, Jynx torquilla.

Meanings

nounEurasian wryneck (plural Eurasian wrynecks)

plural Eurasian wrynecks

  1. A small migratory bird in the woodpecker family, Jynx torquilla.

Translations

Ancient Greek ἴϋγξ
  • ἴϋγξ (íünx)Jynx torquilla
Catalan colltort comú
  • colltort comúJynx torquilla
Dutch draaihals
  • draaihalsJynx torquilla
German Wendehals
  • WendehalsJynx torquilla
Greek στραβολαίμης
  • στραβολαίμης (stravolaímis)Jynx torquilla
Italian torcicollo
  • torcicolloJynx torquilla
Japanese 蟻吸
  • 蟻吸 (arisui)Jynx torquilla
Korean 개미잡이
  • 개미잡이 (gaemijabi)Jynx torquilla
Polish krętogłów zwyczajny
  • krętogłów zwyczajnyJynx torquilla
Romanian capîntortură
  • capîntorturăJynx torquilla
Russian вертише́йка, обыкнове́нная вертише́йка
  • вертише́йка (vertišéjka)Jynx torquilla
  • обыкнове́нная вертише́йка (obyknovénnaja vertišéjka)Jynx torquilla
Swedish göktyta
  • göktytaJynx torquilla
Turkish bayağı boyunburan
  • bayağı boyunburanJynx torquilla
Cite this entry
APA

Eurasian wryneck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eurasian%20wryneck

MLA

“Eurasian wryneck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eurasian%20wryneck. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Eurasian wryneck,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eurasian%20wryneck.

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