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hyoid

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈhaɪ.ɔɪd/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted dhioyStarts with HEnds with D0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of or relating to the hyoid bone

Word origin

Borrowing from French hyoïde, from New Latin hȳoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs, “shaped like the letter "υ"”), from ὖ (û, “the Greek letter upsilon”) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).

Used in a sentence

  • This stick has a hyoid shape.
  • The hyoid bone in her throat flutters as if discharging some subvocal rosary.
  • the vulture, relinquishing its title, surely in natural justice gave me a right to this femur, this curiously distorted hyoid?

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