noun. The thin, flat muscle forming the wall of the cheek.

noun. In anatomy, the trumpeter's muscle; a thin flat muscle forming the wall of the cheek, assisting in mastication, and also in blowing wind-instruments (whence its name).

noun. The specific name of the trumpeter swan of North America, Cygnus buccinator.

noun. A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.

noun. a thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.

"Dave pulls out a drawer labeled Cygnus buccinator and there they are, just as I remembered them, their legs folded up next to their heads, a lamentation of swans."

buccinator nerve