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

• langosto