Nates

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     2. (Zool.) The umbones of a bivalve shell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nates
       n : 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}]