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.
JUGULAR
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).
JUGULATE
Ju"gu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jugulated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jugulating.] Etym: [L. jugulatus, p. p. of jugulare, fr. jugulatum.
See Jugular.]
Defn: To cut the throat of. [R.] Jacob Bigelow.