Usually means: Muscle elevating tongue during swallowing.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (styloglossus)

noun:  (anatomy) A small muscle that arises from the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts along the side and underpart of the tongue, and functions to draw up the sides of the tongue to create a trough for swallowing.

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