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.]
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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.
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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).
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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.]
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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.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; --
said of certain fishes.
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