(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:15:59

Buc`ci*na"tor (?), n. [L., a trumpeter, fr. bucinare to sound the trumpet.] Anat.

A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.

 

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