jugum

American  

[joo-guhm] / ˈdʒu gəm /

noun

plural

juga, jugums

1. Entomology. the posterior basal area or lobe in the forewing of certain insects, sometimes serving to couple the forewings and hindwings in flight.

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.

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jugum British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of jugum

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

Example Sentences

Folium majus cuiusque paris 8-10 jugum, foliolis ovatis.

From Expedition into Central Australia by Sturt, Charles

Its supporters are two tall, naked peasants bearing plough-yokes on their shoulders: the crest is a falcon, while the motto is also significant—"Serva jugum."

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 by Various

Petilius adversus Balistæ et Leti jugum, quod eos montes perpetuo dorso conjungit, castra habuit.

From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig

Cordelia, rising to translate in her turn, hurried blindly through a paragraph until she came to the words "sub jugum".

From The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

He is one of those the poet speaks of:--    "Qui ferre incommoda vitæ,    Nec jactare jugum, vita didicere magistra."

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various