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Adonis belt
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en anatomy The iliac furrows.
en I have been working hard on my cardio routine to develop a very pronounced Adonis belt.
en 2011 Michael Squire The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy 61 http://books.google.com/books?id=yyaN9Xko7SIC&pg=PA61&dq=Apollo%27s+belt&hl=en&ei=ZuCdTrD4KauMigKZwZGBCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBA 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.
en eponyms terms derived from Greek mythology