cheek muscle

/tʃik ˌmʌsəl/
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Other forms: cheek muscles

Definitions of cheek muscle
  1. noun
    a muscle that flattens the cheek and retracts the angle of the mouth
    synonyms: buccinator muscle, musculus buccinator
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    type of:
    facial muscle
    any of the skeletal muscles of the face
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