O que (quem) é jynx$543043$ - definição
SPECIES OF AMPHIBIAN
Alexteroon jynx
Wryneck
.jpg?width=200 "120px")
GENUS OF WOODPECKERS
Eurasian wyneck; Red-breasted Wryneck; Red-breasted wryneck; Wrynecks; Wry-Neck; Jynginae; Jynx (genus); Jynx (bird); Wry-neck
The wrynecks (genus Jynx) are a small but distinctive group of small Old World woodpeckers. Jynx is from the Ancient Greek iunx, the Eurasian wryneck.
Wryneck
GENUS OF WOODPECKERS
Eurasian wyneck; Red-breasted Wryneck; Red-breasted wryneck; Wrynecks; Wry-Neck; Jynginae; Jynx (genus); Jynx (bird); Wry-neck
·noun 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.
II. Wryneck ·noun Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. 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.
wryneck
GENUS OF WOODPECKERS
Eurasian wyneck; Red-breasted Wryneck; Red-breasted wryneck; Wrynecks; Wry-Neck; Jynginae; Jynx (genus); Jynx (bird); Wry-neck
¦ noun
1. a bird of the woodpecker family, with brown plumage and a habit of twisting its head backwards. [Jynx torquilla.]
2. another term for torticollis.
Wikipédia
Hyperolius jynx
Hyperolius jynx is a species of frog in the family Hyperoliidae. It is endemic to the Rumpi Hills in south-western Cameroon. The common name smooth egg-guarding frog has been proposed for this species.
