Steatopyga

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Steatopyga \Ste`a*top"y*ga\ (-t[o^]p"[i^]*g[.a]), n. [NL., fr.
     Gr. ste`ar, ste`atos, fat + pygh` the buttocks.]
     A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans
     of certain tribes, especially of Hottentot (Khoikhoi) women.
     [1913 Webster]