NATES

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

(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?”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

nates pl (plural only)

(anatomy, medicine) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.

The buttocks.

(zoology) The umbones of a bivalve shell.

Anagrams

• Antes, Teans, Tenas, antes, etnas, neats, netas, senat, stane, stean

Source: Wiktionary


Na"tes, n. pl. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The umbones of a bivalve shell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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