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.

– Pallial sinus (Zoöl.), 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