BUCCINUM
Buc"ci*num, n. Etym: [L., a trumpet, a trumpet shell.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas.
It includes the common whelk (B. undatum).
BUCENTAUR
Bu*cen"taur, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. A fabulous monster, half ox, half man.
2. Etym: [It. bucentoro.]
Defn: The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic.
BUCEPHALUS
Bu*ceph"a*lus, n. [L., fr. Gr. , lit., ox-headed; ox + head.]
1.
Defn: The celebrated war horse of Alexander the Great.
2. Hence, any riding horse. [Jocose] Sir W. Scott.