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Nates \Na"tes\, n. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The umbones of a bivalve shell.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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nates noun
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit
on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, arse,
butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters,
hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear
end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie,
tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Nates \Na"tes\, n. 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. (Zo["o]l.) The umbones of a bivalve shell.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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