notaeum
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek
Noun
notaeum (plural notaea)
- (zoology) The back or upper surface, as of a bird.
- (zoology) A dorsal buckler in some gastropods.
Coordinate terms
- gastraeum
Related terms
- notum
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for notaeum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- automen, outname