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English
Etymology
From cerato- + hyoid.
Noun
ceratohyoid (plural ceratohyoids)
- 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, →DOI:The ceratohyoid is slender and it is thickened toward both the proximal and distal extremities.