Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ornithology, the entire upper surface of a bird's trunk: opposed to gastræum. See cut under
bird . - noun In conchology, a dorsal buckler, analogous to the mantle, developed in opisthobranchiate gastropods. Also
noteum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The back or upper surface, as of a bird.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology The
back orupper surface , as of abird .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek relating to the notum or back.
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