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Eurasian wryneck

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

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17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: ayayái — Jynx torquilla
  • Asturian: formigueru — Jynx torquilla
  • Asturian: paxarón del agua — Jynx torquilla
  • Catalan: colltort comú — Jynx torquilla
  • Dutch: draaihals — Jynx torquilla
  • German: Wendehals — Jynx torquilla
  • Greek: στραβολαίμης (stravolaímis) — Jynx torquilla
  • Ancient Greek: ἴϋγξ (íünx) — Jynx torquilla
  • Italian: torcicollo — Jynx torquilla
  • Japanese: 蟻吸 (arisui) — Jynx torquilla
  • Korean: 개미잡이 (gaemijabi) — Jynx torquilla
  • Polish: krętogłów zwyczajny — Jynx torquilla
  • Romanian: capîntortură — Jynx torquilla
  • Russian: вертише́йка (vertišéjka) — Jynx torquilla
  • Russian: обыкнове́нная вертише́йка (obyknovénnaja vertišéjka) — Jynx torquilla
  • Swedish: göktyta — Jynx torquilla
  • Turkish: bayağı boyunburan — Jynx torquilla