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CIDE DICTIONARY

hyostylic

CIDE DICTIONARY

hyostylica. [Hyo- + Gr. a pillar.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

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