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Definition of 'hyoid'English
Adjective
( en-adj)
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
( en-noun)
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
Similar to 'hyoid'head, hoed, heed, hood, haad, hoyed, hewed, hued, hawed, hoid, hied, hayed
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