jugular vein, vena jugularis, jugular(noun)

veins in the neck that return blood from the head

jugular(adj)

a vital part that is vulnerable to attack

"he always goes for the jugular"

jugular(adj)

relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat

"jugular vein"

jugular(Noun)

Vein through the neck (or thorax) that returns blood from the head back towards the heart. Properly this is called the jugular vein.

jugular(Noun)

By extension, any critical vulnerability.

It was vicious; he went for the jugular.

jugular(Adjective)

Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.

jugular(Adjective)

Of or pertaining to fish with ventral fins attached under the throat.

Jugular(adj)

of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein

Jugular(adj)

of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen

Jugular(adj)

having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes

Jugular(adj)

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

Jugular(adj)

any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares)