What does bucculent mean?
Bucculent means (obsolete, rare) Possessing a wide mouth..
/ˈbʌkjələnt/ · adjective
(obsolete, rare) Possessing a wide mouth..
[…] and instead of the Amazonian Trull, or the weather-beaten Admiral which frowns from under the bowsprit of a British man-of-war, they carve on their prows the fair image of some bucculent Cherub, or some semi-anatomized Saint.
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Bucculent means (obsolete, rare) Possessing a wide mouth..
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[…] and instead of the Amazonian Trull, or the weather-beaten Admiral which frowns from under the bowsprit of a British man-of-war, they carve on their prows the fair image of some bucculent Cherub, or some semi-anatomized Saint.
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