"buccal cavity" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: buccal cavities [plural]
Etymology: buccal (“of or pertaining to the cheek or mouth”) + cavity (“hollow area”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} buccal cavity (plural buccal cavities)
  1. (of an animal) The oral cavity, bound by the cheeks of the face, the palate, and the flesh of the mandible, opening onto the mouth and the fauces, and containing the teeth, tongue, gums, and other structures. Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: mouth (english: in non-technical usage), oral cavity, mouth cavity
    Sense id: en-buccal_cavity-en-noun-qNcoG54z Disambiguation of Anatomy: 67 33
  2. (of an insect) The first part of the stomodaeum, lying just within the mouth; its dilator muscles arising on the clypeus, and inserted before the frontal ganglion and its connectives.
    Sense id: en-buccal_cavity-en-noun-LQi2hcqq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86

Inflected forms

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