different between buttock vs cottontail

English

Etymology

From Middle English buttok, probably from Old English buttuc (“end; end piece”; also, “short piece of land”). Attested with its current anatomical meaning since 1300. A diminutive form of what is presumably the Old English precursor of butt +? -ock (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?t?k/, /?b?t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?t?k/, [?b???k]

Noun

buttock (plural buttocks)

1. (usually in the plural) Each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body between the base of the back, the perineum and the top of the legs.

   Synonyms: (crude) asscheek, cheek; see also Thesaurus:buttocks

2. (nautical) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern.
   • 1925, Adventure, Volume 54

     There came a blast of freezing wind that made Skell shrug himself against the oaken post on which the ship's buttock rested.

Usage notes

The plural form is usually used in the singular sense for a single person's posterior, often called butt.It is rarer to refer to only a single buttock, which is then usually specified as left or right.

Derived terms

• quakebuttock

Translations

See also

• callipygian/callipygous
• dasypygal

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “buttock”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

From cotton +? tail.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?t.n?te?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?t.n?te?l/

Noun

cottontail (plural cottontails)

1. A rabbit of any of various species in genus Sylvilagus.
2. (nudism) A person with a tanned body and untanned buttocks, resembling a cottontail rabbit's dark fur and light tail.

Hyponyms

• (certain rabbits in genus): swamp rabbit, tapeti, Dice's cottontail, omilteme cottontail, marsh rabbit, desert cottontail, Mexican cottontail, eastern cottontail, mountain cottontail, Appalachian cottontail, Allegheny cottontail, robust cottontail, New England cottontail, brush rabbit

Translations

See also

• cottontail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sylvilagus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• cottontail on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons