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Parietal   Listen
noun
Parietal  n.  
1.
(Anat.) One of the parietal bones.
2.
(Zool.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.





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"Parietal" Quotes from Famous Books



... rather rugose. Nasal shields ovate, triangular, rather anterior, with a groove behind the nostril. Rostral shields triangular, erect. Supranasal none; internasal broad; frontonasal large, contiguous; frontal and interparietal small, frontoparietal and parietal moderate; eyebrow shields, 4-4. Temples scaly, no shields between the orbit and labial plates. Eyes rather small, lower lid opatic, covered with scales. Ears oblong, with a large scale in front. Body fusiform, roundish thick; scales of the back, broad, ...
— Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. • J Lort Stokes


Words linked to "Parietal" :   parietal gyrus, parietal pleura, parietal pericardium, parietal placentation, anatomy, parietal bone, general anatomy, parietal lobe


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