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The buttocks.

noun

The buttocks; the haunches; the gluteal region of the body; in man, the seat.

noun

The larger, anterior pair of prominonces of the corpora quadrigemina or optic lobes of the brain in man and other mammals, the smaller, posterior pair being called the testes. See corpora quadrigemina, under corpus.

noun

The umbones of a bivalve shell.

noun plural

The buttocks.

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The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.

noun plural

The umbones of a bivalve shell.

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the buttocks

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The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.