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jugum (medicine)


jugum


Origin: L, a yoke, ridge.

<botany> One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

A pair of the opposite leaflets of a pinnate plant.

Source: Websters Dictionary


prey(1) (iou)



prey noun. ME.
[Old French preie (mod. proie) from Latin praeda booty.]
That which is taken in war, or by pillage or violence; booty, spoil, plunder. arch. ME.
b. fig. In biblical use, that which one takes away or saves from a contest etc. LME.
An animal that is hunted or killed, esp. (and now only) by another animal for Food. ME.
A. Hardy Sea-anemones capture larger prey. D. Morris Hyaenas start tearing at the legs of any prey in reach.
b. That which is procured or serves for Food. LME-L17.
A person who or thing which is influenced by or vulnerable to someone or something injurious. ME.
S. T. Warner At night I become prey to the gloomiest suspicions. S. Weintraub She was easy prey to someone influential.
The action of preying; seizing by force or violence, or in order to devour; pillage, capture, seizure. Now rare. E16.
Phrases: beast of prey: see BEAST noun. bird of prey: see BIRD noun.
preyful adjective (rare) killing much prey, prone to prey L16-E17.