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buttock

but·tock [ búttək ] (plural but·tocks)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. part of bottom: in humans, either of the two fleshy mounds above the legs and below the hollow of the back ( often used in the plural )

2. animal rump: the rump of an animal

[ Old English buttuc "end ridge of land" < assumed butt "ridge"]
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