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glossohyal

glossohyal noun: the tongue bone, specifically the lingual plate, which is a dermal toothed bone that covers or fuses with the basihyal.

Noun

glossohyal (plural glossohyals)

  1. The tongue bone, specifically the lingual plate, which is a dermal toothed bone that covers or fuses with the basihyal.

Forms of glossohyal

pluralglossohyals

Origin of glossohyal

From glosso- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

Questions about glossohyal

What does glossohyal mean?
Glossohyal means the tongue bone, specifically the lingual plate, which is a dermal toothed bone that covers or fuses with the basihyal.
What part of speech is glossohyal?
Glossohyal is a noun.
What is the plural of glossohyal?
The plural of glossohyal is glossohyals.

Words near glossohyal in the dictionary

  1. glossographies
  2. glossographs
  3. glossography
  4. glossograptid
  5. glossograptids
  6. glossohyal
  7. glossohyals
  8. glossoid
  9. glossoids
  10. glossokinetic
  11. glossolabial

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