Hyoid bone

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A U-shaped bone or complex of bones that is situated between the base of the tongue and the larynx and that supports the tongue, the larynx, and their muscles.
  2. 2
    a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles wordnet

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