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NOTO, a city of Italy, in the province of Syracuse (Sicily), 24 miles south-west of Syracuse by road on the way to Modica. Built on a new site after the earthquake of 1693, it is laid out in modern style, and contains a number of handsome mansions belonging to the provincial aristocracy. The population of the city was 15,925 in 1881; that of the commune, 16,590 in 1871, reached 18,239 in 1881.

Netum or Neetum (THtητov) was one of the cities left to Hiero of Syracuse by the treaty of 263 b.c. Like Messina and Tauromenium (Taormina) it was a foederata civitas in the time of Cicero, and at a later date it still enjoyed the rare privileges of a Latin town. Under the Saracens it was a place of importance and gave its name to one of the divisions of the island, Vai di Noto. It was one of the last of the towns of Sicily to surrender to Roger the Norman. In 1837 it was made capital of the province instead of Syracuse, but this dignity was restored to the larger city by the new Italian parliament.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 17, p. 597
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Notobranchiata [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back.

2. The Dorsibranchiata.

Notobranchiate [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to the Notobranchiata.

Notochord [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Notochordal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.

Notodontian [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Notopodia [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Notopodium

Notopodium [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium.

Notopodiums [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Notopodium

Notorhizal [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent.

Notoriety [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Exposure to public knowledge; the state of being publicly or generally known; as the notoriety of a crime.

2. Public knowledge.

3. They were not subjects in their own nature so exposed to public notoriety

Notoriety [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Notorious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Publicly knwon; manifest to the world; evident; usually, knwon to disadvantage; hence almost always used in all ill sense; as a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice; a man notorious for lewdness or gaming.

2. In a good sense.

3. Your goodness, since you provoke me, shall be most notorious

Notorious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Notoriously [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Publicly; openly; in a manner to be known or manifest.

Notoriousness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The state of being open or known; notoriety.

Notornis [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Nototherium [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia.

Nototrema [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.