hyoid

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhaɪɔɪd/

Adjective

hyoid

1. Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon; specifically, designating a bone or group of bones supporting the tongue.
   • 1969: The hyoid bone in her throat flutters as if discharging some subvocal rosary. — JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition

Noun

hyoid (plural hyoids)

1. The hyoid bone.
   • 1973: the vulture, relinquishing its title, surely in natural justice gave me a right to this femur, this curiously distorted hyoid? — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise

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