ceratohyoid

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noun

A horny part of the hyoid bone that connects it to the epihyoid

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Meanings

nounceratohyoid (plural ceratohyoids)

plural ceratohyoids

  1. A horny part of the hyoid bone that connects it to the epihyoid

    The ceratohyoid is slender and it is thickened toward both the proximal and distal extremities.

    2015 August 6, “A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From cerato- + hyoid.

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