Adonis belt

noun

The iliac furrows.

“I have been working hard on my cardio routine to develop a very pronounced Adonis belt.”

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Meanings

nounAdonis belt (plural Adonis belts)

plural Adonis belts

  1. anatomyThe iliac furrows.

    I have been working hard on my cardio routine to develop a very pronounced Adonis belt.

    1 more example

    aficionados (or at least the more aesthetically minded among them) sometimes refer to this as an 'Apollo's belt' or 'Adonis girdle' – a classic case of reality mirroring art, rather than the other way round.

    2011, Michael Squire, The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy, page 61
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Chicago

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