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GLUTEAL MUSCLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh

Synonyms:

glute; gluteal muscle; gluteus; gluteus muscle

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("gluteal muscle" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gluteal muscle"):

gluteus maximus (the outermost of the three gluteal muscles)

gluteus medius (the middle of the three gluteal muscles)

gluteus minimus (the innermost of the three gluteal muscles)

Holonyms ("gluteal muscle" is a part of...):

buttock; cheek (either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump)

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