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A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.

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  • A small population of trumpeter swan Olor buccinator, a rare species in Canada, nests on Yohin lake.
  • These include trumpeter swan Cygnus buccinator and peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus, both considered vulnerable in Canada.
  • Other species include marbled murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus, trumpeter swan Cygnus buccinator, and golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos.
  • Bacon wished to be the buccinator or herald of a new world, and his true greatness consists precisely in this function of his as herald.
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