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Glutaeus   Listen
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glutaeus, gluteus  n.  (Anat.) Any of several muscles in the buttocks of man and most mammals, especially the great muscle of the buttock (the gluteus maximus); also, the corresponding muscle in many lower animals. Note: In man, the gluteus is composed of three distinct parts, which extend and abduct the thigh, and help support the body in standing.






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... of the savages of Australia, Africa, and America are well known. The fine, swelling gastroenemius and soleus muscles characterize the highest races, and are most remote from the slender shanks of the monkeys. The gluteus muscles developed in the lower races as well as in the higher distinguish them well from the monkeys ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 • Various



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