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2 definitions found
for nates
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
nates
n 1: 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, nates,
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]
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