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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In fishes, one of two pairs of bones situated on each side of the anterior end of the hyoid arch.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective anatomy Pertaining to one or more small elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes, between the caratohyal and urohyal.
  • noun One of the hypohyal bones or cartilages.

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