jugular

  1. Adjective.  Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat.
  2. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to fish with ventral fins attached under the throat.
  3. Noun.  Vein through the neck (or thorax) that returns blood from the head back towards the heart. Properly this is called the jugular vein.
  4. Noun.  By extension, any critical vulnerability.

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