gluteus maximus

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gluteus maximus (plural glutei maximi)

  1. (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.
  2. (colloquial, humorous) The buttocks.
    Look at the gluteus maximus on that woman!

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