Definition of hyoid:
°Shaped like a
U, or like the letter
upsilon; specifically, designating a
bone or group of bones supporting the
tongue.
"1969: The hyoid bone in her throat flutters as if discharging some subvocal rosary. -- JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition"
"1973: the vulture, relinquishing its title, surely in natural justice gave me a right to this femur, this curiously distorted hyoid? -- Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise"
Definition of hyoid:
°Shaped like a
U, or like the letter
upsilon; specifically, designating a
bone or group of bones supporting the
tongue.
"1969: The hyoid bone in her throat flutters as if discharging some subvocal rosary. -- JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition"
"1973: the vulture, relinquishing its title, surely in natural justice gave me a right to this femur, this curiously distorted hyoid? -- Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise"