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Wrynecked
Wrynecked Wry"necked`, a. Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.

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- The wrynecks (genus Jynx) are a small but distinctive group of small Old World wood****s. Jynx is from the Ancient Gr**** iunx, the Eurasian wryneck. These...
- The Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck (Jynx torquilla) is a species of wryneck in the wood**** family. They mainly breed in temperate regions of Europe...
- The red-throated wryneck (Jynx ruficollis), also known as the rufous-necked wryneck or red-breasted wryneck, is a species of wryneck in the wood****...
- HMS Wryneck was an Admiralty W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, which was sunk during the Battle of Greece on 27 April 1941. The ship was ordered on...
- enhanced his father's foundation. According to Jean Le Bel, he was nicknamed Wryneck, or Tors-col in French, possibly due to a medical condition. Froissart...
- consequence of this, Hera metamorphosed her into the bird called iynx (Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla). Iynx was an Arcadian nymph and the daughter of Pan and...
- are part of the bird family Picidae, which also includes the piculets, wrynecks and sapsuckers. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for...
- States, but Slamat returned to the Mediterranean. Nauplia Slamat Diamond & Wryneck Ananes Rock Souda Bay In April 1941 Germany and Italy invaded Yugoslavia...
- Nauplia Slamat Diamond & Wryneck Ananes Rock Souda Bay The Slamat disaster is a succession of three related shipwrecks during the Battle of Greece on...
- on fire. The destroyer HMS Diamond rescued about 600 survivors and HMS Wryneck came to her aid, but as the two destroyers headed for Souda Bay in Crete...