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jugum(dictionary)
jugum alveolare(medicine)
jugum sphenoidale(medicine)

jugum (iou)



jugum noun. . M19.
[Latin = YOKE noun1.]
Botany.
a. A pair of leaflets in a pinnate leaf. M19.
b. Each of the ridges on the carpels of an umbelliferous plant. L19.
a. Zoology. A process of the dorsal valve of some articulate brachiopods. L19.
b. Entomology. A lobe on the forewing or some moths, serving to interlock with the hindwing in flight. L19.
Anatomy. A connecting ridge of bone. Freq. with mod. Latin adjectives L19.