Parian
(Pa"ri*an), n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Paros.
2. A ceramic ware, resembling unglazed porcelain biscuit, of which are made statuettes, ornaments, etc.
Paridigitata
(||Par`i*dig`i*ta"ta) n. pl. [NL. See Pari-, and Digitate.] (Zoöl.) Same as Artiodactyla.
Paridigitate
(Par`i*dig"i*tate) a. (Anat.) Having an even number of digits on the hands or the feet.
Qwen.
Paries
(||Pa"ri*es) n.; pl. Parietes [See Parietes.] (Zoöl.) The triangular middle part of each segment
of the shell of a barnacle.
Parietal
(Pa*ri"e*tal) a. [L. parietalis, fr. paries, -ietis, a wall: cf. F. pariétal. Cf. Parietary, Pellitory.]
1. Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
2. Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee,
called the Parietal Committee.
B. H. Hall 3. (Anat.) (a) Of pertaining to the parietes. (b) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones,
which form the upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and occipitals.
4. (Bot.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; — said of a placenta.
Parietal
(Pa*ri"e*tal), n.
1. (Anat.) One of the parietal bones.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and
fishes.
Parietary
(Pa*ri"e*ta*ry) a. See Parietal, 2.
Parietary
(Pa*ri"e*ta*ry), n. [L. parietaria, fr. parietarius parietal. Cf. Pellitory, Parietal.] (Bot.) Any
one of several species of Parietaria. See 1st Pellitory.
Parietes
(||Pa*ri"e*tes) n. pl. [L. paries a wall.]
1. (Anat.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.
2. (Bot.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.
Parietic
(Pa`ri*et"ic) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia
parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid.
Parietine
(Pa*ri"e*tine) n. [L. parietinus parietal: cf. parietinae ruined walls.] A piece of a fallen wall; a
ruin. [Obs.] Burton.
