Pellibranchiata
(||Pel`li*bran`chi*a"ta) n. pl. [NL., fr. pellis garment + branchia a gill.] (Zoöl.) A division
of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself serves as a gill.
Pellicle
(Pel"li*cle) n. [L. pellicua, dim. of pellis skin: cf. F. pellicule.]
1. A thin skin or film.
2. (Chem.) A thin film formed on the surface of an evaporating solution.
Pellicular
(Pel*lic"u*lar) a. Of or pertaining to a pellicle. Henslow.
Pellile
(Pel*li"le) n. (Zoöl.) The redshank; — so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.]
Pellitory
(Pel"li*to*ry) n. [OE. paritorie, OF. paritoire, F. pariétaire; L. parietaria the parietary, or pellitory,
the wall plant, fr. parietarus belonging to the walls, fr. paries, parietis a wall. Cf. Parietary.] (Bot.)
The common name of the several species of the genus Parietaria, low, harmless weeds of the Nettle
family; — also called wall pellitory, and lichwort.
Parietaria officinalis is common on old walls in Europe; P. pennsylvanica is found in the United States; and
six or seven more species are found near the Mediterranean, or in the Orient.
Pellitory
(Pel"li*to*ry), n. [Sp. pelitre, fr. L. pyrethrum. See Bertram.] (Bot.) (a) A composite plant
(Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers.
The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and
pellitory of Spain. (b) The feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium); — so called because it resembles
the above.
Pell-mell
(Pell`-mell") n. See Pall- mall.
Pellmell
(Pell`mell"), adv. [F. pêle- mêle, prob. fr. pelle a shovel + mêler to mix, as when different kinds
of grain are heaped up and mixed with a shovel. See Pell shovel, Medley.] In utter confusion; with
confused violence. "Men, horses, chariots, crowded pellmell." Milton.
Pellucid
(Pel*lu"cid) a. [L. pellucidus; per (see Per-) + lucidus clear, bright: cf. F. pellucide.] Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not
opaque. "Pellucid crystal." Dr. H. More. "Pellucid streams." Wordsworth.
Pellucidity
(Pel`lu*cid"i*ty Pel*lu"cid*ness) n. [L. pelluciditas.] The quality or state of being pellucid; transparency; translucency; clearness; as,
the pellucidity of the air. Locke.
Pellucidly
(Pel*lu"cid*ly), adv. In a pellucid manner.
Pelma
(||Pel"ma) n.; pl. Pelmata [NL., fr. Gr. .] (Zoöl.) The under surface of the foot.
Pelopium
(Pe*lo"pi*um) n. [NL., fr. L. Pelops, brother of Niobe, Gr. .] (Chem.) A supposed new metal
found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium.
Peloponnesian
(Pel`o*pon*ne"sian) a. [L. Peloponnesius, fr. Peloponnesus, Gr. lit., the Island of Pelops; Pelops
+ an island.] Of or pertaining to the Peloponnesus, or southern peninsula of Greece. — n. A native or
an inhabitant of the Peloponnesus.
Peloria
(||Pe*lo"ri*a) n. [NL., from Gr. monstrous.] (Bot.) Abnormal regularity; the state of certain flowers,
which, being naturally irregular, have become regular through a symmetrical repetition of the special
irregularity.
Peloric
(Pe*lo"ric) a. (Bot.) Abnormally regular or symmetrical. Darwin.
