jugular vein

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

jugular vein
    n 1: veins in the neck that return blood from the head [syn:
         {jugular vein}, {vena jugularis}, {jugular}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Jugular \Ju"gu*lar\, n. [Cf. F. jugulaire. See {Jugular}, a.]
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   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}.
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   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).
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