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  1. 1. a. Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. 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. Source: opted
  5. 5. a. Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares). Source: opted
  6. 6. adj. relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. veins in the neck that return blood from the head Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. a vital part that is vulnerable to attack Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the throat or neck; as, the jugular vein. (b) Of or pertaining to the jugular vein; as, the jugular foramen. 2. (Zoöl.) Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes. 1. (Anat.) 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. (Zoöl.) Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares). Source: webster
  10. 10. Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certainfishes. Source: adambom
  11. 11. j:54/n:46 n. a vital part that is vulnerable to attack a. relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat Source: ecdict

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