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jugular
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun jugular has 2 senses
- jugular(n = noun.body) jugular vein, vena jugularis - veins in the neck that return blood from the head; Array has particulars: anterior jugular vein, external jugular vein, internal jugular vein
- jugular(n = noun.attribute) Array - a vital part that is vulnerable to attack; "he always goes for the jugular" is a kind of soft spot, weak part, weak spot
is a kind of vein, vena, venous blood vessel
is a part of cervix, neck
Derived form adjective jugular1
Adjective jugular has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
jugular, a. [L. jugulum the collar bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, the throat, akin to jungere to yoke, to join: cf. F. jugulaire. See Join.].
- Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein. [1913 Webster]
- Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes. [1913 Webster]
- One of the large veins which return the blood from the head to the heart through two chief trunks, an external and an internal, on each side of the neck; -- called also the
jugular vein . [1913 Webster] - Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (
Jugulares ). [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
jugular, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of the neck or throat.
2 (of fish) having ventral fins in front of the pectoral fins.
--n. = jugular vein.
--adj.
1 of the neck or throat.
2 (of fish) having ventral fins in front of the pectoral fins.
--n. = jugular vein.
Idiom
jugular vein any of several large veins of the neck which carry blood from the head.
Etymology
LL jugularis f. L jugulum collar-bone, throat, dimin. of jugum YOKE
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