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Webster 1913 Edition


Hyostylic

Hyˊo-styl′ic

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Adj.
[
Hyo-
+ Gr. [GREEK] a pillar.]
(Anat.)
Having the mandible suspended by the hyomandibular, or upper part of the hyoid arch, as in fishes, instead of directly articulated with the skull as in mammals; – said of the skull.