What is "snakebird"

Wryneck \Wry"neck\, n. (Med.)

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.

2. a person suffering from torticollis.

3. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

n. Any long-necked waterbird in the family Anhingidae

n. fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill [syn: anhinga, darter]