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notum

American  
[noh-tuhm] / ˈnoʊ təm /

noun

nota plural
  1. a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.


notum British  
/ ˈnəʊtəm /

noun

  1. a cuticular plate covering the dorsal surface of a thoracic segment of an insect

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of notum

1875–80; < New Latin < Greek nôton the back

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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

Could your gravity forget so old and noted a remnant, as lippis et tonsoribus notum?

From Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Jonson, Ben

Final Clauses. such a phrase as notum sit, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

You make clear that it is nota racial argument, and what was initially spread by Europeans is not what we would call "modern democracy" today.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2023

The crime beat is known as la nota roja, the red story.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2020

I ask what he thinks of today’s nota roja.

From The Guardian Aug. 26, 2020

People here grow everything they eat: mainly nota plus some fruit and leafy vegetables.

From Time Aug. 3, 2017

In China, nota particle of manure is wasted, and all that with us is sent off in drains and sewers from water-closets and privies, is collected in a neat manner and used for manure.

From American Woman's Home by Beecher, Catharine Esther

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