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hyostylic

hyostylic adjective: having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals.

Adjective

hyostylic (not comparable)

  1. Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals.

hyostylic meaning in Tamil

hyostylic in Tamil

ஹையோஸ்ட்டைலிக்

Origin of hyostylic

From hyo- + Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) + -ic. By surface analysis, hyo- + -style + -ic.

Questions about hyostylic

What does hyostylic mean?
Hyostylic means having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals.
What is hyostylic in Tamil?
Hyostylic in Tamil is ஹையோஸ்ட்டைலிக். See Hyostylic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hyostylic?
Hyostylic is an adjective.

Words near hyostylic in the dictionary

  1. hyoscyamus
  2. hyoscyamuses
  3. hyoshigi
  4. hyosternal
  5. hyosternum
  6. hyostylic
  7. hyosymplectic
  8. hyote
  9. hyotes
  10. hyp
  11. hyp-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyostylic (page history and authors); hyostylic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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