jugum

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They call a jugum the area which a pair of oxen can plough in a day.

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  1. noun A yokelike structure in certain insects that joins the forewings to the hind wings, keeping them together during flight.

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  • There are a number of fascinating search results for "jugum penis" among the hundred-year-old books now available from Google Books. —  PervScan
  • In this case, the attending physician did not employ the jugum penis "because it strangulated the glans [of the penis] so much that it could not be endured for the necessary length of time." —  PervScan
  • Nowadays a jugum penis would be a desirable part of many a subculture dedicated to chastity devices and genital bondage. —  PervScan
  • Doubtless there are folks who would actually consider buying this decorative print of a jugum penis. —  PervScan
  • They call a jugum the area which a pair of oxen can plough in a day. —  Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro
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  1. Latin iugum, yoke; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Latin, a yoke (for oxen), a collar (for horses), a cross-beam, cross-rail, the ridge or summit of a mountain (= Greek ζυγόν = English yoke), from jungere (root jug), join: see join and yoke.
 

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/ˈdʒugəm/
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