English Explanatory Dictionary

buccula

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A fold of fat beneath the chin.
in hemipterans, the ventroanterior part of the bug's head.

Word forms

buccula bucculae

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin buccula. By surface analysis, bucc(a) + -ula.

Synonyms

double chin

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