noun a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles.
— synonyms: hyoid_bone, os_hyoideum
Examples
“1973: the vulture, relinquishing its title, surely in natural justice gave me a right to this femur, this curiously distorted hyoid? — Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise”
“1969: The hyoid bone in her throat flutters as if discharging some subvocal rosary. — JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition”