1) Cornish legendary creature 
[mythological creature] Neopagan groups, principally the Witchcraft coven of Ros An Bucca, have began to acknowledge the Bucca in their rites. In the children`s book Thomas and the Tinners by Jill Paton Walsh, Buccas have become fairies who work in Cornish tin mines, granting wishes in exchange for food (see knockers). == Folklore== In 1611...
Synonym: cheek. ... Origin: L. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(buk´ә) Latin word meaning cheek (def. 1).
Type: Term Pronunciation: bŭk′ă, bŭk′sē Synonyms: cheek
In Cornish mythology, the Bucca was a goblin of the wind, supposed to foretell shipwrecks.