n 1  :  the hind end of the body  :  BUTTOCKS  2  :  BREECH PRESENTATION : also  :  a fetus that is presented breech first
, adv :  in the manner of a breech delivery or breech presentation <her children were born -Laura Cunningham>  <the baby birthed -Jayne Anne Phillips>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  brachii  brash   broach 
 
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