Definition of hyoid
: of or relating to the hyoid bone
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What could explain the resemblance between hyoid structures in birds and pterosaurs?
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Modern bird tongues range from spiky, to forked, to tube-like, with hyoid structures that may wrap around the back of the skull or extend to the tip of the tongue.
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Underlying that seemingly simple action is a rich synchrony of lips, tongue and the hyoid bone beneath them.
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Origin and Etymology of hyoid
New Latin hyoides hyoid bone
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of hyoid
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: of or relating to the hyoid bone
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: of, relating to, or being the second postoral branchial arch from which the hyoid bone of the higher vertebrates is in part formed
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