— buccinatory /buk"seuh neuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee, buk'seuh nay"teuh ree/ , adj.
/buk"seuh nay'teuhr/ , n. Anat.
a thin, flat muscle lining the cheek, the action of which contracts and compresses the cheek.
[ 1665-75; buccinator, bucinator trumpeter, equiv. to bucina ( re ) to signal on a trumpet (v. deriv. of bucina curved trumpet or horn) + -tor -TOR ]