'Tonguebird' definitions:
Definition of 'Tonguebird'
From: GCIDE
- Tonguebird \Tongue"bird`\, n. The wryneck.[Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'tonguebird'
From: GCIDE
- Wryneck \Wry"neck\, n. (Med.) [1913 Webster]
- 1. A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which the neck is drawn to one side by a rigid contraction of one of the muscles of the neck; torticollis. [1913 Webster]
- 2. a person suffering from torticollis. [PJC]
- 3. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx or subfamily Jynginae, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (Jynx torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck. [1913 Webster +PJC]