||No`to*bran`chi*a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Notum, and Branchia.]
||(Zoöl.) (a) A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon
||the back. (b) The Dorsibranchiata.
No`to*bran"chi*ate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the
Notobranchiata.
No"to*chord (?), n. [Gr. &?; the back + E. chord.] (Anat.) An elastic
cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in
the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton
around which the centra of the vertebræ and the posterior part of the
base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of
Ectoderm.
No`to*chor"dal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the notochord;
having a notochord.
No`to*don"tian (?), n. [Gr. &?; the back + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a
tooth.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging
to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths
has a hump, or spine, on its back.
||No`to*po"di*um (?), n.; pl. L. Notopodia (#), E. Notopodiums (#).
||[NL., fr. Gr. &?; the back + &?;, &?;, the foot.] (Zoöl.) The dorsal
||lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium.
No`to*rhi"zal (?), a. [Gr. &?; the back + &?; a root.] (Bot.) Having
the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the
cotyledons; incumbent.
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No`to*ri"e*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. notoriété. See Notorious.] The quality or
condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly
known; -- commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a
crime.
They were not subjects in their own nature so exposed to public
notoriety.
Addison.
No*to"ri*ous (?), a. [L. notorius pointing out, making known, fr.
noscere, notum, to known: cf. F. notoire. See Know.] Generally known
and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest
to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a
notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice.
Your goodness, Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious.
Shak.
Syn. -- Distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; celebrated; noted;
famous; renowned.
-- No*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- No*to"ri*ous*ness, n.
||No*tor"nis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the south, or southwest + &?;
||bird.] (Zoöl.) A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having
||rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was
||first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few
||individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed
||to be now nearly or quite extinct.
||No`to*the"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the south + &?; a wild
||animal.] (Zoöl.) An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials,
||found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.
||No`to*tre"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; back + &?; a hole.] (Zoöl.)
||The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.
{ Not"-pat`ed (?), Nott"-pat`ed }, a. Same as Nott-headed. [Obs.] Shak.
Not"self` (?), n. (Metaph.) The negative of self. "A cognizance of
notself." Sir. W. Hamilton.