Jugular
Jugular , adjective
[Latin jugulum the collar bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, the throat, akin to jungere to yoke, to join: compare French jugulaire. See Join.]
1.
(a) (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein.
(b)
(Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen.
2.
(Zoology) Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes.
Jugular , noun
[Compare French jugulaire. See Jugular, a.]
1.
(Anatomy) 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.
2.
(Zoology) Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares).