buccinator

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UK/ˈbʌk.sɪn.eɪ.tə/US/ˈbʌk.səˌneɪ.tɚ/

noun

A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.

“Until now there has been no definitive anatomical study describing the area where the parotid duct enters the buccinator muscle.”

OriginLatin buccinātor →
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Meanings

nounbuccinator (plural buccinators or buccinatores)

plural buccinators · plural buccinatores · alternative bucinator

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

    Until now there has been no definitive anatomical study describing the area where the parotid duct enters the buccinator muscle.

    1 more example

    What a language it is, with all the organs of speech in loud concert - tongue, teeth, and tonsils, lips and larynx, buccinator and schnozzola!

    1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 109

Origin

  1. Latinbuccinātor“trumpeter”
  2. Englishbuccinator

Borrowed from Latin buccinātor (“trumpeter”), from buccinō (“blow the trumpet”) + -tor (“-ator, -er”).

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Translations

Spanish buccinador
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Cite this entry
APA

buccinator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buccinator

MLA

“buccinator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buccinator. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buccinator,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buccinator.

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