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Definition of Jugal
1. a. Relating to a yoke, or to marriage.
Definition of Jugal
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Relating to a yoke or marriage ¹
2. Adjective. (anatomy) Pertaining to the jugal bone. ¹
3. Noun. (anatomy) A bone found in the skull of most reptiles, amphibians and birds; the equivalent of a malar in mammals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jugal
1. pertaining to the cheek or cheekbone [adj]
Medical Definition of Jugal
1.
1. Relating to a yoke, or to marriage.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Jugal
Literary usage of Jugal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The infra-tempo ral bridge or jugal arch is formed by the jugal (gj in ...
12), which joins the descending process of the squamosal, and the quadrato-jugal, ..."
2. Revision of the Pelycosauria of North America by Ermine Cowles Case (1907)
"The quadrato-jugal occupies a relatively unimportant position in the skull. ...
It is separated from any contact with the jugal by the descending process of ..."
3. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Parliament (1902)
"Petition of jugal Kishore, for redress of grievances; to lie upon the Table.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES OFFICERS' SUPERANNUATION BILL. Petition from Bermondsey ..."
4. The Anatomy of the Domestic Fowl by Benjamin Franklyn Kaupp (1918)
"The anterior portion of the zygomatic represents the jugal and is fused with the
maxilla and with the anterior processus maxillaris of the nasal bone, ..."
5. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1830)
"nian reptiles, is, that a lamina of the parietal, the anterior frontal, the
masto'id, the temporal, and the jugal, unite together, and with the os tympani ..."
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