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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The tongue bone, specifically the lingual plate, which is a dermal toothed bone that covers or fuses with the basihyal.

Etymology

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

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