jugal
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the cheek or the cheekbone.
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Entomology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the jugum.
adjective
noun
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
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Scientists had misunderstood the jugal bone in snakes and snake relatives for generations, and the Najash fossils gave them direct evidence to correct the record.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
Its skull shows that these early snakes still had a cheekbone, also called the jugal bone, a feature that has almost completely disappeared in living snakes.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
"This research revolutionizes our understanding of the jugal bone in snake and non-snake lizards," said Michael Caldwell, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and a co-author on the study.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
It shows the characteristic hippopotamus-flange to the lower jaw, but has also a large descending process from the jugal bone of the zygomatic arch of the skull.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
In Thrinaxodon the dorsal and ventral postorbital processes, arising from the postorbital and jugal bones respectively, nearly meet but remain separate.
From The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles by Fox, Richard C.
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