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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Buttock \But"tock\, noun [From {Butt} an end.]
1. The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump. Often used in the plural -- see {buttocks}.
Syn: cheek.
2. (Naut.) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern. --Mar. Dict.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
buttock
noun: either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump [syn: {cheek}]
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