nates meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

nates

noun

UK /ˈneɪtiːz/

Etymology From Latin natēs, plural of natis.

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.

The buttocks.

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.1963, Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr Enderby:
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.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 3:

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology The umbones of a bivalve shell.