Hyolingual

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to the hyoid bone and the tongue not-comparable

    "The evolutionary shift in the morphology of the hyolingual complex was apparently primed by the optimisation of the food transport behaviour and not for food uptake."

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"The evolutionary shift in the morphology of the hyolingual complex was apparently primed by the optimisation of the food transport behaviour and not for food uptake."

Etymology

From hyo- + lingual.

Related phrases

hyoid bone

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