a. [ L. bucina a crooked horn or trumpet. ] Shaped or sounding like a trumpet; trumpetlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a trumpeter, fr. bucinare to sound the trumpet. ] (Anat.) A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Buccinum + -oid. ] (Zool.) Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinidæ, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L., a trumpet, a trumpet shell. ] (Zool.) A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas. It includes the common whelk (Buccinum undatum). [ 1913 Webster ]