notaladj.1
/ˈnəʊtl/, U.S. /ˈnoʊdl/ Anatomy and Zoology.
Dorsal; (Entomology) of or relating to the notum. rare before 20th cent.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > [adjective]
dorsal1828
notal1843
1843 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals Gloss. 382 Notal, belonging to the back.
1853 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 9) Notal, dorsal.
1890 Cent. Dict. Notal, 1. Pertaining to the back; dorsal; tergal. 2. Specifically, in entom., pertaining to a notum.
1925 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. i. 29 Each wing is hinged to two processes of the notum of its segment, the anterior notal process and the posterior notal process.
1973 Sci. Amer. Nov. 94/2 The pleural arch—a small transparent area located between the pleural and notal ridges of the thorax—was absent or greatly reduced in species of flea that are poor jumpers.
1990 Jrnl. Molluscan Stud. 61 402/1 A strongly developed flap in front of the rhinophores acted in conjunction with the notal embayment so as to seal off and protect the delicate tentacles.
2000 Washington Post 28 Jan. c8/2 He [sc. the male scorpionfly] even has a special body part—the notal organ—to clamp the female to him.
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notaladj.2
/ˈnəʊtl/, U.S. /ˈnoʊdl/ rare.
Of, relating to, or using notes (in various senses).
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > [adjective]
paper1710
soft1776
notal1924
1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 85/1 The treachery of tradition is exemplified in the loss of the rules for this once generally understood practice of notal inflexion.
1893 Philos. Rev. 2 398 It is probable..that there is a brain-center for tune memories—a center whose impairment produces so-called notal amusia.
1924 H. M. Lucas & J. Bonar tr. G. F. Knapp State Theory of Money ii. 113 There are metalloplatic and papyroplatic notal money systems, with or without hylodromy.
2000 Re: Music - whats the point? in alt.music.stone-roses (Usenet newsgroup) 19 Oct. All musical notes/structures/instruments are variations of the primordial ways humans express themselves, ‘percussion’ and the notal/scalar range of the ‘human voice’.
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notaladj.3
/ˈnəʊtl/, U.S. /ˈnoʊdl/ Zoology and Palaeontology.
Of, relating to, or designating a marine biogeographical region comprising the temperate waters of the southern hemisphere. Cf. Notalian adj.
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1896 Science 6 Mar. 364/2 The Pelagial is divided by Ortmann into four regions:..4. Antarctic Region. a. Notal-circumpolar subregion. b. Antarctic-circumpolar subregion.
1901 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 7 317 An example..is furnished by the genus Serolis, of which many species are developed in the notal surface-water.
1985 Jrnl. Fish Biol. 27 683 In the notal zone of the western South Atlantic, fish aged 1–5 years were found.
1999 Palaeontol. Jrnl. 33 36 The bryozoan fauna of New Zealand province includes, in addition to notal endemics, genera that are in common with or close to the bryozoans of boreal provinces.
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