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glutei maximi

glutei maximi is the plural of gluteus maximus.

Meaning of gluteus maximus

Noun

gluteus maximus (plural 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.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 205
  2. (colloquial, humorous) The buttocks.
    • Look at the gluteus maximus on that woman!

Questions about glutei maximi

What is glutei maximi the plural of?
Glutei maximi is the plural of gluteus maximus.

Words near glutei maximi in the dictionary

  1. gluteal cleft
  2. gluteal clefts
  3. gluteal sulcus
  4. gluteals
  5. glutei
  6. glutei maximi
  7. glutei medii
  8. glutei minimi
  9. glutelin
  10. glutelins
  11. gluten

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