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
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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
"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
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
Finally, the position of the jugal with respect to the naso-frontal hinge is about the same in the two species.
From Jaw Musculature of the Mourning and White-winged Doves by Merz, Robert L.
The upper jaw has a great bar of cartilage, the palato-pterygoid, as its sole support; the arch of premaxilla, maxilla, jugal, and squamosal-- all membrane bones-- is, of course, not represented.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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