Notæ´um, n. The entire upper part of a bird. (5.)
No´tha, a. Spurious. By ala notha has been meant the scapular, axillar, and tertiary feathers collectively, which are also called parapterum.
No´tochord, n. Primitive condition of the backbone.
Nu´cha, n. Nape; upper part of cervix, next to occiput. (49.)
Nu´chal, a. Pertaining to the nape.
Nu´cleated, a. Containing a special cell or cells.
Nucleo´lus, n. Cell or point within a nucleus.
Nu´cleus, n. Special cell within another.
Nu´trient, a. Nourishing; nutritious.
Nutri´tion, n. Repair of waste that ensues by decomposition in animal life, and promotion of growth, with supply of new assimilable material. Alimentation is the act of supply; aliment or nutriment the supply; nutrition the result of its assimilation.