hyoideus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs, “shaped like the letter "υ"”) +‎ -eus (adjectival suffix), from ὖ (û, “Greek letter upsilon”) +‎ -ο- (-o-, “-like, -oid”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs). Doublet of hȳoīdēs. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hyː.oˈiː.de.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.oˈiː.de.us] === Adjective === hȳoīdeus (feminine hȳoīdea, neuter hȳoīdeum); first/second-declension adjective (anatomy, relational) hyoid ==== Inflection ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ English: hyoideal, hyoidean