Pa·ri·es n.; pl. Parietes Zool. The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.
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Pa·ri·e·tes n. pl.
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.
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paries
n : (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a
structure; "stomach walls" [syn: wall]
[also: parietes (pl)]