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Webster 1913 Edition

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(-tŏp′ĭ-gȧ)

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

στέαρ

στέατος

, fat +

πυγή

the buttocks.]

A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially of Hottentot (Khoikhoi) women.

steatopyga ‎(uncountable)

(archaic) A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially Hottentot women.