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hyosternal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hyoster-nal
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or relating to both of them; infrahyoid.

Archaic

adj

Pertaining to the hyosternum of turtles.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From hyo- + sternal.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hyosternals (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does hyosternal mean?
Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or relating to both of them; infrahyoid.
Where does hyosternal come from?
From hyo- + sternal.

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