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1. (adj.) jugular
of or pertaining to the throat or neck.
2. jugular
of or designating any of several veins of the neck that convey blood from the head to the heart.
3. (n.) jugular
a jugular vein.
4. jugular
a vital part or area that is particularly vulnerable to attack:
to go for the jugular.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < LL jugulāris= L jugul(um) throat +-āris -ar1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) jugular vein, vena jugularis, jugular
veins in the neck that return blood from the head
2. (adj) jugular
a vital part that is vulnerable to attack
"he always goes for the jugular"
3. (adj) jugular
relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat
"jugular vein"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Jugular
of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein
2. (adj) Jugular
of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen
3. (adj) Jugular
having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes
4. (adj) Jugular
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
5. (adj) Jugular
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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