Jugular

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1. Adjective

Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein.

2. Adjective

Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen.

3. Adjective

Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes.

4. Adjective

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. Adjective

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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