shaped like the letter
shaped like the letter Υ, φάλαγξ Ascl. Tact. 11.7. Adv. -δῶς, of the fission of a vein, Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.7.1.
II hyoid
esp. ὀστοῦν ὑ. the hyoid bone, at the base of the tongue, Ruf. Onom. 155, Gal. 18(2), 957, UP 7.19, al., Poll. 2.202.