1. jugular - Noun
2. jugular - Adjective
Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein.
Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen.
Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes.
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.
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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Fishes lacking this appendage were placed within the order Apodes; fishes containing abdominal, thoracic, or jugular pelvic fins were termed Abdominales, Thoracici, and Jugulares respectively. Source: Internet
On the floor, a groaning Simmonds feared his jugular vein had been punctured and he was about to bleed to death. Source: Internet
How does an opponent like Israel go for Nasrallah's jugular, protected as he is by a cavernous security system? Source: Internet
The external jugular vein receives blood from the exterior of the cranium and the deep parts of the face and is formed by the posterior division of the retromandibular vein joining with the posterior auricular vein. Source: Internet