Jynx


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jynx

(dʒɪŋks)
n
(Zoology) a type of woodpecker. Also called: wryneck
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Noun1.Jynx - wrynecks
bird genus - a genus of birds
family Picidae, Picidae - woodpeckers
wryneck - Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck
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Alcedo atthis, Calidris ferruginea, Charadrius asiaticu, Charadrius morinellus, Cygnus olor, Gallinago media, Jynx torquilla, Larus audouinii, Milvus milvus, Otus brucei, Pelacanus onocrotalus, Phalacrocorax carbo, Podiceps auritus, Tetrax tetrax, Tringa nebularia and Vanellus leucura reported by Curzon (1854) could not be observed during the present study.
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