ceratohyoid

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English

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Etymology

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cerato- +‎ hyoid

Noun

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ceratohyoid (plural ceratohyoids)

  1. A horny part of the hyoid bone that connects it to the epihyoid
    • 2015 August 6, “A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      The ceratohyoid is slender and it is thickened toward both the proximal and distal extremities.
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