gluteus
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1. any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | skeletal muscle, striated muscle, |
| definition | : | a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | gluteus maximus, |
| definition | : | the outermost of the three gluteal muscles (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | gluteus medius, |
| definition | : | the middle of the three gluteal muscles (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | gluteus minimus, |
| definition | : | the innermost of the three gluteal muscles (noun.body) |
| part meronym | : | buttock, cheek, |
| definition | : | either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump (noun.body) |
| derivation | : | gluteal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or near the gluteus muscles (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | gluteal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or near the gluteus muscles (adj.pert) |
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