Adonis belt
English
Noun
Adonis belt (plural Adonis belts)
- (anatomy) The iliac furrows.
- Apollo's belt, the iliac furrow, also known as an athlete's girdle, Apollo's Belt or an Adonis belt
- 2011. Michael Squire, "The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy" Page 61
- 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.
- I have been working hard on my cardio routine to develop a very pronounced Adonis belt.
- Apollo's belt, the iliac furrow, also known as an athlete's girdle, Apollo's Belt or an Adonis belt
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