Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ichthyology, a median bone of fishes between the hypohyals and extending back under the gills.
- Of or pertaining to the urohyal.
- noun In ornithology, the tail-piece of the composite hyoid bone; the median azygous backward-projecting element of that bone, borne upon the basihyal; the basibranchial element, or base of the first branchial arch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to one or more median and posterior elements in the hyoidean arch of fishes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to one or more
median andposterior elements in thehyoidean arch offishes . - noun anatomy A urohyal
bone orcartilage .
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Examples
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The unpaired sternal bone (_urohyal_) cannot be homologous with the entosternal, for it has no connections with the annexes.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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(_urohyal_) which is attached in front by two strong tendons to the horns of the hyoid and is free behind (see Fig. 1).
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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