Buccal Definition

bŭkəl
adjective
Of or near the cheek.
Webster's New World
Of or in the mouth.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Buccal

  • From Latin bucca (“cheek; mouth”) +‎ -al.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin bucca cheek

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Buccal Sentence Examples

  • A buccal cavity, a pharynx, an oesophagus and an intestine are always distinguishable.

  • In the Gastropoda the muscular tissue of the buccal mass is coloured red by haemoglobin.

  • In some Indian and Malay Engystomatids of the genera Callula and Microhyla, the tadpoles are remarkably transparent, and differ markedly in the structure of the buccal apparatus.

  • Parapod.ia hardly projecting; palps of prosomium forming branched gills; no pharynx or eversible buccal region; no septa in thorax, septa in abdomen regularly disposed.

  • The buccal region is unarmed and not eversible.

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Words Starting With

BBUBUC

Words Ending With

LALCAL

Unscrambles

buccal

Words Starting With B and Ending With L

Starts With B & Ends With LStarts With BU & Ends With LStarts With B & Ends With AL

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With B6 Letter Words Ending With L