Basihyal

//beɪ.sɪˈhaɪ.əl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Either of two small bones that form the body of the inverted hyoid arch.

    "Coburn (1982) used a posterior extension of the basihyal to group many taxa in Notropis (s. l.) (93)."

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"Coburn (1982) used a posterior extension of the basihyal to group many taxa in Notropis (s. l.) (93)."

Etymology

From basi- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

Related phrases

hyoid arch

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