PALLIAL

Etymology

Adjective

pallial (not comparable)

Of, pertaining to, or produced by a mantle, especially the mantle of mollusks.

Of or relating to the pallium.

Source: Wiktionary


Pal"li*al, a. Etym: [L. pallium a mantle. See Pall.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve. Pallial chamber (Zoöl.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle.

РPallial sinus (Zo̦l.), an inward bending of the pallial line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive the siphon. See Illust. of Bivalve.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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