buccula

[医] 双颊

词形变化

bucculae 复数 bucculae

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fold of fat beneath the chin.

  2. 2.

    in hemipterans, the ventroanterior part of the bug's head.

    生物 动物学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

double chin

上位词 2

chin mentum

词源

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

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