Meanings
nounbuccula (plural bucculae)
plural bucculae
- A fold of fat beneath the chin.
Synonyms: double chin
- biologyin hemipterans, the ventroanterior part of the bug's head.
Buccula rounded, without spiny projection at middle
1993, H Brailovsky, New genera and new species of Colpurini (Heteroptera: Coreidae) from the Fiji Islands and New Guinea1 more example
Figure 1. Lateral view of head, showing buccula of N. californicus.
1957 October 28, Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 1957-10: Vol 30 Iss 4
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fold of fat beneath the chin.
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Origin
- Latinbuccula
- Englishbuccula
Learned borrowing from Latin buccula. By surface analysis, bucc(a) + -ula.
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