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PARIETES
PARIES
wall, paries
(noun) (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; “stomach walls”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
parietes
plural of paries
Anagrams
• petaries, teparies
Source: Wiktionary
Pa*ri"e*tes, n. pl. Etym: [L. paries a wall.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.
PARIES
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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