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. Zool.

The umbones of a bivalve shell.

 

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