noun
Meaning 1
The neck or throat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
jugulum
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jəl.əm/
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General-American: /ˈju.ɡjəl.əm/
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noun
Meaning 2
The lower throat or the part of the neck just above the breast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology, zootomy
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noun
Meaning 3
The jugum of an insect's wing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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History
Etymology
Borrowing from New Latin jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”), diminutive of jugum (“a yoke, collar”).