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