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An excessive development of fat on the buttocks especially of females that is common among the Hottentots and some Negro peoples.

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  • Chip Ahoy: if you were inclined to check another word, try 'steatopygia'.
  • Michele needs to worry more about her steatopygia and hope both her kids didn't inherit it!
  • True steatopygia only exists among Bushman and Hottentot women, and among the peoples who are by blood connected with them.
  • A woman with noticeable steatopygia may be specially greeted in the middle of the morning or in the night with "Oh good AFTERnoon!"
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