nates

Definitions

1. The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
   plural, plural-only
2. The buttocks.
   plural, plural-only
3. The umbones of a bivalve shell.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Enderby watched her warily as she lay⟳ prone, having kicked the clothes off the bed, her nates silvered by the Roman moonlight to the likeness of a meringue.”

“He sat cross-legged on a damask pillow and scrutinized the pale puckered nates with the air of an epicure examining a fly⟳ in his vichyssoise.”

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