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glossohyal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
glos-so-hyal
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tongue bone, specifically the lingual plate, which is a dermal toothed bone that covers or fuses with the basihyal.

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

glossohyals (plural)

Questions

What does glossohyal mean?
The tongue bone, specifically the lingual plate, which is a dermal toothed bone that covers or fuses with the basihyal.
Where does glossohyal come from?
From glosso- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).

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