pyg-, pygo-, -pyga, -pygia +
(Greek: rump, buttocks, bottom; rear end; butt; the posterior part of the body)
callimammapygian
Having beautiful breasts and buttocks.
callipygian
1. A reference to or having finely developed buttocks or rear end.
2. Having beautifully proportioned buttocks.
Callipygian Venus
Venus, thought to be more beautiful than any mortal woman, is a sculpture called “Callipygian,” meaning “of the beautiful buttocks.” The late Hellenistic original once stood at the center of a pool in Nero’s Domus Aurea in Rome.
callipygous
Pertaining to or having finely developed buttocks.
callipygy, callipygia
Having "beautiful" or sexy buttocks or a reference to such.
dasypygal
1. Having hairy buttocks; rough bottomed.
2. Etymology: from Greek dasy-, "hairy, dense" + pyg-, "buttocks".
hypopygial, hypopygium
In entomology, situated under the end of the adomen.
macropygia
An excessively large rear-end or back-side.
ovopygian
Having elongated or ovid buttocks.
planopygian
Having flat buttocks.
platypygous
Having broad buttocks.
pleopygian
Having bulging buttocks.
pygal
Of or pertaining to the rump or hinder quarters of an animal.
pygalgia
1. Soreness in the buttocks, i.e., a pain in the rump.
2. Related to proctalgia.
pygephanous
Showing or revealing one's bare buttocks in some public situation; "mooning".
Word families with similar applications: "back, backside" word units:
dorso- (back, on the back);
lumbo- (loin, lower back);
nuch- (nape of the neck).
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