səˌneɪ noun Anatomy.
a thin, flat muscle lining the cheek, the action of which contracts and compresses the cheek.
Origin:
1665–75; < Neo-Latin; Latin buccinātor, būcinātor trumpeter, equivalent to būcinā(re) to signal on a trumpet (verbal derivative of būcina curved trumpet or horn) + -tor -tor
1665–75; < Neo-Latin; Latin buccinātor, būcinātor trumpeter, equivalent to būcinā(re) to signal on a trumpet (verbal derivative of būcina curved trumpet or horn) + -tor -tor
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| —n | |
| a thin muscle that compresses the cheeks and holds them against the teeth during chewing, etc | |
| [C17: from Latin, from buccināre to sound the trumpet, from buccina trumpet] | |
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