urohyal

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English

Etymology

From uro- +‎ -hyal, from Ancient Greek (û, the letter upsilon).

Adjective

urohyal (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to one or more median and posterior elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes.

Noun

urohyal (plural urohyals)

  1. (anatomy) A urohyal bone or cartilage.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for urohyal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)