Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the muscles of the tongue.
Wiktionary
- n. A bone in the human neck which supports the tongue.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Anat.) the bone in the base of the tongue, the middle part of the hyoid arch.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles
Examples
“The hyoid bone and lower mandible are completely exposed, exhibiting some scoring from the specimen’s teeth… .”
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Dinosaurs, extended
At first, this was a list for things found in Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History by David E. Fastovsky. But now it's degenerated a bit to contain anything dinosaur or fossil related.
disarticulate, body fossil, trace fossil, apatite, soft anatomy, permineralization, replacement, articulated, disarticulated, intestine’s-eye view, ichnofossil, paleoenvironment and 270 more...
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valentine's Words
terpsichore, anthropomorphic, amalgamate, cavalier, destrier, kumquat, morose, tenacious, camellia sinensis, constantinople, bayonet, hyoid bone and 58 more...
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dem bones
distal phalange, intermediate phal..., proximal phalange, metatarsal, cuboidal bone, lateral cuneiform..., intermediate cune..., medial cuneiform ..., navicular bone, talus, calcaneus, fibula and 47 more...
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