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ju·gum

 (jo͞o′gəm)
n. pl. ju·ga (-gə) or ju·gums
A yokelike structure in certain insects that joins the forewings to the hind wings, keeping them together during flight.
[Latin iugum, yoke; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.]
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jugum

(ˈdʒuːɡəm)
n
1. (Zoology) 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) botany a pair of opposite leaflets
[C19: from Latin, literally: yoke]
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ju•gum

(ˈdʒu gəm)

n.
the posterior basal area or lobe in the forewing of certain insects, sometimes serving to couple the forewings and hind wings in flight.
[1855–60; < New Latin, Latin: yoke]
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An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, jugum , we owe one of the most illuminating words in our language -- a word that defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy.
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1B): Cuerpo ovoide con la anchura maxima a la altura del II segmento abdominal; cabeza jugum y tylus pardo claro, las cuatro espinas en el margen del jugum de color pardo oscuro; ojos pequenos rojizos; torax pardo obscuro, pronoto con puntuaciones dispersas en su superficie.
Estadios ninfales de Amnestus rugosus (Hemiptera: Cydnidae)
The tegmentum is covered by well separated pustules of irregular shape, from roundish/oval to squarish/rectangular, some of them coalesced, giving the impression of orientation in a radiating pattern from the jugum in the intermediate valves (Figs 7D, 7H) and in the antemucronal area of the tail valve.
Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Sao Tome and Principe Islands
Adults stridulate by rubbing the jugum of the forewing against the metanotum [25].
Report on a large collection of Merope tuber newman, 1838 (Mecoptera: Meropeidae), from Arkansas, with notes on collection technique, sex ratio, and male clasper size
Head with 4 setigerous punctures, located one in front each eye, and one on each jugum. Rostrum reaching metasternum.
Description of immature stages of Melanaethus crenatus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae: Cydninae: Geotomini), with notes on oviposition, seed-carrying and feeding behaviors

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