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buccula

buccula noun: a fold of fat beneath the chin.

Noun

buccula (plural bucculae)

  1. A fold of fat beneath the chin.
    Synonyms:
    double chin
  2. in hemipterans, the ventroanterior part of the bug's head.
    • Figure 1. Lateral view of head, showing buccula of N. californicus.1957 October, Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 1957-10: Vol 30 Iss 4
    • Buccula rounded, without spiny projection at middle1993, H Brailovsky, New genera and new species of Colpurini (Heteroptera: Coreidae) from the Fiji Islands and New Guinea

buccula meaning in Tamil and Bengali

buccula in Tamil

தாவாய் மடிப்பு, மோவாய் மடிப்பு

buccula in Bengali

ডাবল চিন

Synonyms of buccula

Forms of buccula

pluralbucculae

Origin of buccula

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

Questions about buccula

What does buccula mean?
Buccula means a fold of fat beneath the chin.
What is buccula in Tamil?
Buccula in Tamil is தாவாய் மடிப்பு, மோவாய் மடிப்பு. See Buccula meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is buccula?
Buccula is a noun.
What is the plural of buccula?
The plural of buccula is bucculae.

Words near buccula in the dictionary

  1. buccopulpal
  2. Buccos
  3. buccoversion
  4. buccra
  5. buccras
  6. buccula
  7. bucculae
  8. bucculatricid
  9. bucculatricids
  10. bucculent
  11. bucellarii

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buccula (page history and authors); buccula (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); buccula (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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