Meaning of noyau | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots.
   countable, uncountable
2. A small nucleus or core group of people or animals.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“His coffee was excellent, and then came a case of liqueurs, noyau both white and red, etc.”

“Borders are violated by hungering males and famished females, and the ordered animosities of the noyau give way to a saturnalia of sexual adventure.”

“The orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) also exhibits the noyau system and appears to be the only diurnal primate with a largely solitary lifestyle.”

“This "noyau" pattern is found among various nocturnal strepsirrhines.”

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