Ceratodidæ (seratodide)

pl. [NL., ever, does not connect the bone with the skull, and is borne upon the glo ohyal, not the basihyal: it is always small, often wanting. (ct) In ornith., formerly, the bone of the compound hyoid, now known as the epibranchial; that bone which is borne upon the apohyal (of former nomenclature, now the ceratobranchial ), and forms the terminal portion of the greater cornu. Macgillivray. (d) In fishes, the chief element of the branchiostegal arch, which bears most of the branchiostegal rays. Ceratohyla (ser"a-to-hi'lä) n. [NL., ceratohyoid (ser a-to-hi'oid), a. and n. [NL. ceratohyoideus, II. n. The ceratohyoideus. ceratohyoideus (sera-to-hi-oi'de-us), n.; pl. ceratohyoidei (-i). [NL.: see ceratohyoid.] A muscle connecting the hyoidean and branchial arches of some of the lower vertebrates, as reptiles of the genus Me no branch us. ceratoid (ser'a-toid), a. [= F. cératoïde, Ceratoidea (ser-a-toi'de-ä), n. pl. [NL., Ceratoidea of the Porifer at a or sponges; the true horny sponges, whose skeleton consists of ceratode, forming a network in the mesoderm. They are the only sponges of practical importance and commercial value. They are usually found on rocky ground or coral reefs at a depth of not more than 75 fathoms. Also Kera toidea. ceratomandibular (sera-to-man-dib'ū-lär), a. [NL. ceratomandibularis,