NATES
\nˈe͡ɪts], \nˈeɪts], \n_ˈeɪ_t_s]\
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The buttocks.
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The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
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The umbones of a bivalve shell.
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The buttocks.
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The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
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The umbones of a bivalve shell.
By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
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Buttocks; umbones.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Two round projections, at the inferior and posterior part of the trunk, on which we sit. Amongst the mammalia, man alone has the nates prominent and round. They are formed chiefly by the skin, and a thick layer of areolar tissue, which covers the three glutaei muscles.
By Robley Dunglison
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.