gluteus maximus
English
Etymology
Noun
gluteus maximus (plural glutei maximi)
- (anatomy) The largest of the muscles of each buttock.
- 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 205:
- To power our forward motion, we have a distinctly gigantic muscle in our buttocks, the gluteus maximus.
- (colloquial, humorous) The buttocks.
- Look at the gluteus maximus on that woman!
Translations
the largest of the muscles of each buttock
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colloquial, humorous: the buttocks
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