jugular

n. கழுத்துப் பெருநரம்பு, (பெ.) கழுத்து அல்லது தொண்டை சார்ந்த, மீன் வகையில் நெஞ்சுத் துடுப்புகளுக்கு முன்னால் வயிற்றுத் துடுப்புக்களையுடைய.

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Ju"gu*lar, a. Etym: [L. jugulum the collar bone, which joins together the shoulders and the breast, the throat, akin to jungere to yoke, to join: cf. F. jugulaire. See Join.] 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.) Defn: Having the ventral fins beneath the throat; -- said of certain fishes. Ju"gu*lar, n. Etym: [Cf. F. jugulaire. See Jugular, a.] 1. (Anat.) Defn: 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.) Defn: 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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