ceratohyoid

English

Etymology

From 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^[1], →DOI:

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