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jugum

[joo-guhm]

noun

plural

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

  2. Anatomy, Zoology.Ìýa ridge, groove, or projection that connects two structures, such as that which connects the two winglike parts of the sphenoid bone.

  3. Botany.Ìýa pair of leaflets on a pinnate leaf.



jugum

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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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of jugum1

First recorded in 1855–60; from New Latin, Latin: “yokeâ€; yoke 1
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of jugum1

C19: from Latin, literally: yoke
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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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