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buccinator

/ˈbʌk.səˌneɪ.tɚ/

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What does buccinator mean?

noun

  1. A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.

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/ˈbʌk.səˌneɪ.tɚ/

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Those who rate Lamarck no higher than did Huxley in his contemptuous phrase "buccinator tantum," will scarcely deny that the sound of the trumpet had carried far, or that its note was clear.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
This gentleman's nose was divided into five lobes by sarcomatous tumors weighing two pounds, occupying the external surface of the face, adherent to the buccinator muscles to which they extended, and covering the chin.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747