Found 2 items, similar to Jugular.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: jugular jugular adj : relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat; “jugular vein” n 1: veins in the neck that return blood from the head [syn: jugular vein , vena jugularis] 2: a vital part that is vulnerable to attack; “he always goes for the jugular”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Jugular Jugular \Ju"gu*lar\, n. [Cf. F. jugulaire. See Jugular, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) 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] 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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] Jugular \Ju"gu*lar\, 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.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein. (b) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes. [1913 Webster]