jugulum

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US/ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jəl.əm/US/ˈju.ɡjəl.əm/

noun

The neck or throat.

OriginNew Latin jugulum →
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Meanings

nounjugulum (plural jugula)

plural jugula

  1. The neck or throat.

    The jugulum at which to aim is the use of the word "criticism" at all.

    2004, George Saintsbury, History Of English Criticism, page 498
  2. biologyThe lower throat or the part of the neck just above the breast.
  3. biologyThe jugum of an insect's wing.

Origin

  1. New Latinjugulum“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”
  2. Englishjugulum

Borrowing from New Latin jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”), diminutive of jugum (“a yoke, collar”).

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APA

jugulum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jugulum

MLA

“jugulum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jugulum. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jugulum,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jugulum.

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