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Webster 1913 Edition


Nates

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Na′tes

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Noun.
pl.
[L., the buttocks.]
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
The buttocks.
(b)
The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
2.
(Zool.)
The umbones of a bivalve shell.