'jugular vein' definitions:
Definition of 'jugular vein'
(from WordNet)
noun
Veins in the neck that return blood from the head [syn: jugular vein, vena jugularis, jugular]
Definition of 'jugular vein'
From: GCIDE
- Jugular \Ju"gu*lar\, n. [Cf. F. jugulaire. See Jugular, a.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) Any fish which has the ventral fins situated forward of the pectoral fins, or beneath the throat; one of a division of fishes (Jugulares). [1913 Webster]