Definitions for hyoids

hyoids hy·oid

Spelling: [hahy-oid]
IPA: /ˈhaɪ ɔɪd/

Hyoids is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in hyoids (dhiosy).

Definitions for hyoids

noun

  1. the hyoid bone.

adjective

  1. Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.

Origin of hyoids

1700-10; New Latin hȳoïdes Greek hȳoeidḗs, shaped like the letter hypsilon (i.e. upsilon), equivalent to hȳ- (derivative of letter name hŷ, variant of ŷ; see upsilo

Examples for hyoids

The hyoid arch is noticeable for the length of the anterior cornu.

The hyoid bone, like the knee-pan, is not connected with any other bone.

It is inserted, not on the gill-arches, but on the hyoid arch.

The hyoid in most respects resembles that of the Insectivora.

This flap, an outgrowth of the hyoid arch, is known as the operculum.

The hyoid apparatus has no skeletal connection with the rest of the skull.

Note the U-shaped hyoid bone surrounding the front of the glottis.

The hyoid is constructed on much the same plan in all Marsupials.

From above downward one feels in the middle line the parts in the order previously mentioned, beginning with the hyoid bone.

The hyoid bone is not a part of the larynx, but from it the larynx is suspended.

Word Value for hyoids
Scrable

12

Words with friends

10

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