gluteus maximus

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gluteus maximus

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Borrowed from Latin gluteus maximus.

noun glutei maximi

  1. The largest of the muscles of each buttock. 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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noun the largest of the muscles of each buttock

Españolmúsculo glúteo mayor
日本語大臀筋 daidenkin
中文臀大肌 túndàjī
Portuguêsmúsculo glúteo máximo
Françaisgrand fessier
Deutschgroßer Gesäßmuskel

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@misc{gluteus_maximus_2026,
  title = {gluteus maximus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gluteus%20maximus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}