iynginæ

from The Century Dictionary.

• A subfamily of Picidæ, represented by the genus Iynx, related to the woodpeckers, but having the tail of 12 soft rounded rectrices (the outer pair of which are extremely short and entirely concealed), the first primary spurious, the billacute, the tongue extensile, and the pattern of coloration intricately blended; the wrynecks.