hyostylicadj.
/hʌɪəʊˈstʌɪlɪk/ Anatomy.
Having the lower jaw suspended from the cranium by a hyomandibular bone (opposed to autostylic and amphistylic). Also said of the lower jaw itself.
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mandibulary1653
mandibular1654
submaxillary1721
angular1802
mylohyoidean1838
mylohyoid1839
hyomandibular1875
hyostylic1880
tympanomandibular1891
1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 74 The Ganoid fishes with persistent notochord, but with a hyostylic skull.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 96 When the lower jaw is connected to the cranium solely by a hyomandibular element derived from the hyoid arch..it is said to be hyostylic.
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