Parietal(a.) Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
Parietal(a.) Resident within the walls or buildings of a college.
Parietal(a.) Of pertaining to the parietes.
Parietal(a.) 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.
Parietal(a.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.
Parietal(n.) One of the parietal bones.
Parietal(n.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes.
Parietes(n. pl.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.
Parietes(n. pl.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.
Parietes(pl. ) of Paries
Parietic(a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid.

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