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steatopygian (adjective) (not comparable)
Descriptive of a large amount of fat on the buttocks: A steatopygian bulge on a person's bottom is due to an abnormal accumulation of fat in and behind the hips and thighs and is a racial characteristic of certain groups of people, especially of the Hottentots and Bushmen of South Africa.

Such steatopygian prominences are found more markedly in women than in men.

This entry is located in the following units: pyg-, pygo-, -pyga, -pygia (page 3) steato-, steat- + (page 1)