Wendehals — meaning in English
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English meaning
- opportunist noun A person who seizes any chance to benefit themselves, often disregarding principle or fairness.
- turncoat noun A person who betrays their former group, cause, or allegiance to join the opposing side.
Senses
Wendehals is used for these senses in English:
- Eurasian wryneck A small migratory bird in the woodpecker family, Jynx torquilla.
- opportunist Someone who takes advantage of any opportunity to advance their own situation, placing expediency above principle.
- turncoat To act as a turncoat; to betray
- wryneck Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.
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