Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, an element of the hyoidean arch, borne upon the basihyal and bearing the ceratohyal: now usually called the ceratobranchial.
- noun In ichthyology, the basihyal bone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
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- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to a portion of the
horn of thehyoid bone .
Etymologies
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apo- + the Ancient Greek letter Y.
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