<p><b>2.</b> <def>A knowledge of hymns; a treatise on hymns.</def>
<h1>Hympne</h1> <Xpage=719>
<hw>Hymp"ne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A hymn.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Chaucer.</i>
<h1>Hyndreste</h1> <Xpage=719>
<hw>Hynd"reste</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Hinderest</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<h1>Hyne</h1> <Xpage=719>
<hw>Hyne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A servant. See <er>Hine</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Chaucer.</i>
<h1>Hyo-</h1> <Xpage=719>
<hw>Hy"o-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[See <er>Hyod</er>.]</ety> <def>A prexif used in anatomy, and generally denoting <i>connection with the hyoid bone</i> or <i>arch</i>; <as>as, <ex>hyo</ex>glossal, <ex>hyo</ex>mandibular, <ex>hyo</ex>mental, etc.</as></def>
<h1>Hyoganoidei</h1> <Xpage=719>
<hw>Hy`o*ga*noi"de*i</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Hyo-</er>, and <er>Canoidei</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and bowfins.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Hy`o*ga"noid</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>
<h1>Hyoglossal</h1> <Xpage=719>
<hw>Hy`o*glos"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hyo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Pertaining to or connecting the tongue and hyodean arch; <as>as, the <ex>hyoglossal</ex> membrane</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Of or pertaining to the hyoglossus muscle.</def>
<h1>Hyoglossus</h1> <Xpage=719>
<hw>Hy`o*glos"sus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. <ets>hyo-</ets> hyo-</ets> + <ets>Gr. <?/ tongue.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the hyoid bone.</def>
<h1>Hyoid</h1> <Xpage=719>
<hw>Hy"oid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ fr. the letter <?/ + <?/ form: cf. F. <ets>hyo\'8bde</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having the form of an arch, or of the Greek letter upsilon [<UPSILON/].</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the bony or cartilaginous arch which supports the tongue. Sometimes applied to the tongue itself.</def>
<cs><col>Hyoid arch</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the arch of cartilaginous or bony segments, which connects the base of the tongue with either side of the skull.</cd> -- <col>Hyoid bone</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the bone in the base of the tongue, the middle part of the hyoid arch.</cd></cs>
<h1>Hyoid</h1> <Xpage=719>
<hw>Hy"oid</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The hyoid bone.</def>
<h1>Hyoideal, Hyoidean</h1> <Xpage=719>
<hw><hw>Hy*oid"e*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Hy*oid"e*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hyoid</er>, <it>a.</it></def>
<h1>Hyomandibular</h1> <Xpage=719>
<hw>Hy`o*man*dib"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Hyo-</ets> + <ets>mandibular</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; <as>as, the <ex>hyomandibular</ex> bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes</as>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>The hyomandibular bone or cartilage.</def></def2>
<h1>Hyomental</h1> <Xpage=719>
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