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Definition of Notum
1. n. The back.
Definition of Notum
1. a part of the thorax of an insect [n -TA]
Medical Definition of Notum
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Origin: NL, fr. Gr.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Notum
Literary usage of Notum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"The term, notum is also applied to the tergal plate of the prothorax and to that
... The notum of a wing-bearing segment is the part that bears the wings of ..."
2. A Collection of American Epitaphs and Inscriptions, with Occasional Notes by Timothy Alden (1814)
"... hunc omnes mirantur; omnibus ignotum, omnibus licet notum. Quid p'.ura viator ?
... notum ..."