# gluteus

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #78,637

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

## Etymology
From New Latin glūtæus, from Ancient Greek γλουτός (gloutós, “rump, buttock”).

## Source
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