jugum

[ joo-guhm ]

noun

, plural ju·ga [joo, -g, uh], ju·gums.

1. Entomology. the posterior basal area or lobe in the forewing of certain insects, sometimes serving to couple the forewings and hindwings in flight. Compare frenulum ( def 2 ).
2. Anatomy, Zoology. a ridge, groove, or projection that connects two structures, such as that which connects the two winglike parts of the sphenoid bone.
3. Botany. a pair of leaflets on a pinnate leaf.

jugum

/ ˈdʒuːɡəm /

noun

1. a small process at the base of each forewing in certain insects by which the forewings are united to the hindwings during flight
2. botany a pair of opposite leaflets

Word History and Origins

Origin of jugum¹

First recorded in 1855–60; from New Latin, Latin: “yoke”; yoke ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of jugum¹

C19: from Latin, literally: yoke

Example Sentences

Item ad idem, Deus novi testamenti dicit Matth�i sexto: Jugum meum suave est et onus meum leve.

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Deus autem veteris testamenti imponit jugum importabile, Deuteronomii vicesimo octavo, ubi maledixit illos qui non servaverunt illa qu� pr�ceperat, de quo jugo dicit Petrus: cur vos imponere tentatis nobis jugum quod nec vos nec patres vestri portare potuistis?

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Templa domum expositis fora mœnia pontes: Virgineam Trivii quod repararis aquam Prisca licet nautis statuas dare commoda portus: Et Vaticanum cingere Sixte jugum: Plus tamen urbs debet: nam qu� squalore latebet.

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Donec Socraticos umbrosa academia rivos Pr�buit, admissum dedocuitque jugum.

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Then he drew his sharp and shining sabre, p. 101Drew it forth—and loosed the sabre-girdle; And he hasten’d to his faithful Sharaz: With one stroke he cleft his head asunder, That he never should by Turk be mounted, Never be disgraced in Turkish service, Water draw, or drag a Moslem’s Jugum.

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