jugal

American  

[joo-guhl] / ˈdʒu gəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the cheek or the cheekbone.

2. Entomology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the jugum.

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jugal British  

/ ˈdʒuːɡəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to the zygomatic bone

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noun

1. Also called: jugal bone.  other names for zygomatic bone

Other Word Forms

• interjugal adjective
• subjugal adjective

Etymology

Origin of jugal

1590–1600; < Latin jugālis, equivalent to jug ( um ) yoke ¹ + -ālis -al ¹

Example Sentences

The bones of origin included jugal, postorbital, postfrontal, parietal and squamosal.

From The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles by Fox, Richard C.

Lacrymal bone either inseparable from the jugal, or, if distinct, large, and forming part of the roof of the orbit.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

The bones of the posterior part of the dermal roof are greatly reduced, and there is none behind the squamosal except the projecting tabular; there is no indication of quadratojugal, jugal, intertemporal or postparietal.

From A New Order of Fishlike Amphibia From the Pennsylvanian of Kansas by Eaton, Theodore H. (Theodore Hildreth)

In size and shape of the lacrimal processes, and the great thickening of the jugal at the maxillo-jugal suture they approach robustus.

From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.

Concerning the juncture of the zygomatic plate with the jugal, 12 of the 13 specimens studied resemble annectens in this character and one resembles oricolus.

From A New Subspecies of Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma) from Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul