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hyobranchia

hyobranchia is the plural of hyobranchium.

Meaning of hyobranchium

Noun

hyobranchium (plural hyobranchia)

  1. A Y-shaped bone that supports the tongue of snakes
    • Unfortunately, these–as well as more recent ones like the important [40 ]–are resolutely craniocentric, mostly disregarding the hyobranchium, the postcranial skeleton and the soft tissues.2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in...

Questions about hyobranchia

What is hyobranchia the plural of?
Hyobranchia is the plural of hyobranchium.

Words near hyobranchia in the dictionary

  1. hynobiid
  2. hynobiids
  3. Hynson
  4. Hynsons
  5. hyo-
  6. hyobranchia
  7. hyobranchial
  8. hyobranchium
  9. hyocephalid
  10. hyocephalids
  11. hyodeoxycholic acid

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