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epihyal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
epi-hyal
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Related to the segment located above the ceratohyal of the hyoid arch.

noun

A segment immediately above the ceratohyal in the hyoid arch. It is many animals, from fish to mammals and reptiles.

Etymology

From epi- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

epihyals (plural)

Questions

What does epihyal mean?
Related to the segment located above the ceratohyal of the hyoid arch.
Where does epihyal come from?
From epi- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

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