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 ]
(n) type genus of the Pucciniaceae; a large genus of parasitic fungi including many that are destructive to various economic plants, Syn. genus Puccinia