ceratohyoid

ceratohyoid

English

Etymology

cerato- +‎ hyoid

Noun

ceratohyoid (plural ceratohyoids)

1. A horny part of the hyoid bone that connects it to the epihyoid
   • 2015 August 6, “A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0131856:

     The ceratohyoid is slender and it is thickened toward both the proximal and distal extremities.