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PARIES
wall, paries
(noun) (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; “stomach walls”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
paries (plural parietes)
(unadapted borrowing) The wall of any cavity in the body.
(zoology, unadapted borrowing) The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.
Anagrams
• Arispe, Parise, Pearis, Persia, aspire, paires, praise, spirea
Source: Wiktionary
Pa"ri*es, n.; pl. Parietes. Etym: [See Parietes.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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