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Answer for the clue "Buttocks ", 5 letters:
nates

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n. 1 (context anatomy medicine English) The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes. 2 The buttocks. 3 (context zoology English) The umbones of a bivalve shell.

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Nates \Na"tes\, n. pl. [L., the buttocks.] (Anat.) The buttocks. The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes. (Zo["o]l.) The umbones of a bivalve shell.

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