hyobranchium

English

Noun

hyobranchium (plural hyobranchia)

1. A Y-shaped bone that supports the tongue of snakes
   • 2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Unfortunately, these–as well as more recent ones like the important [40 ]–are resolutely craniocentric, mostly disregarding the hyobranchium, the postcranial skeleton and the soft tissues.

Derived terms

• hyobranchial