notum
Americannoun
plural
notanoun
Other Word Forms
- notal adjective
Etymology
Origin of notum
1875–80; < New Latin < Greek nôton the back
Example Sentences
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Petersen, C. P. & Reddien, P. W. Polarized notum activation at wounds inhibits Wnt function to promote planarian head regeneration.
From Nature • Nov. 21, 2017
Nos animorum 5 impulsu et caeca magnaque cupidine ducti coniugium petimus partumque uxoris; at illis notum qui pueri qualisque futura sit uxor.
From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.
"Si taceant homines, facient te sidera notum, Sol nescit comitis immemor esse sui."
From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Kingsley, Charles
Ter′gum, the back, dorsum, or notum, as of an arthropod:—pl.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Final Clauses. such a phrase as notum sit, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
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