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buccula.

little cheek; mouth/cheek-piece of a helmet; part of a machine/catapult channel;

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈbʊk.kʊ.ɫa]Classical-Latin[ˈbuk.ku.la]
  1. little cheek or mouth

    declension-1 · feminine
  2. the beaver, part of a helmet which covers the mouth and cheeks

    declension-1 · feminine
  3. two cheeks, one on each side of the channel in which the arrow of the catapulta was placed

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Celticbor.? Latin bucca Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin buccula From bucca (“cheek”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).

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