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Gluteus

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the several muscles of the nates, each of which arises from the pelvis and inserts into a femur.
  2. 2
    any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh wordnet
  3. 3
    Short for gluteus maximus, either of a pair of large muscles in the human buttocks. abbreviation, alt-of, informal, slang

    "I'm going to kick your gluteus."

Etymology

From New Latin glūtæus, from Ancient Greek γλουτός (gloutós, “rump, buttock”).

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