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ceratohyoids

ceratohyoids is the plural of ceratohyoid.

Meaning of ceratohyoid

Noun

ceratohyoid (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

Questions about ceratohyoids

What is ceratohyoids the plural of?
Ceratohyoids is the plural of ceratohyoid.

Words near ceratohyoids in the dictionary

  1. ceratodontiforms
  2. ceratoglossus
  3. ceratohyal
  4. ceratohyals
  5. ceratohyoid
  6. ceratohyoids
  7. ceratoid
  8. ceratomania
  9. ceratomorph
  10. ceratomorphs
  11. ceratomyxid

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