What is "nates"

Nates \Na"tes\, n. pl. [L., the buttocks.]

1. (Anat.)

   1. The buttocks.

   2. The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.

2. (Zo["o]l.) The umbones of a bivalve shell.

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.

n. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]