Buccinator

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Buccinator \Buc`ci*na"tor\, 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]