gluteus

Meaning

  1. Any of the several muscles of the nates, each of which arises from the pelvis and inserts into a femur.
  2. (informal,slang) Short for gluteus maximus, either of a pair of large muscles in the human buttocks.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γλουτός (gloutós, “rump, buttock”).

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