hioido

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowing from English hyoid, French hyoïde, from New Latin hȳoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs, “shaped like the letter "υ"”), from ὖ (û, “the Greek letter upsilon”) +‎ -ο- (-o-) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hioˈido/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Hyphenation: hi‧o‧i‧do

Noun

hioido (accusative singular hioidon, plural hioidoj, accusative plural hioidojn)

  1. hyoid bone

Synonyms

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