‖n.; pl. Parietes [ See Parietes. ] (Zool.) The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. parietalis, fr. paries, -ietis, a wall: cf. F. pariétal. Cf. Parietary, Pellitory. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resident within the walls or buildings of a college. [ 1913 Webster ]

At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee. B. H. Hall (1856). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) (a) Of or 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Anat.) One of the parietal bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Parietal, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. parietaria, fr. parietarius parietal. Cf. Pellitory, Parietal. ] (Bot.) Any one of several species of Parietaria. See 1st Pellitory. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. paries a wall. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Anat.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen Parmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. parietinus parietal: cf. parietinae ruined walls. ] A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Anat.) A combining form used to indicate connection with, or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture. [ 1913 Webster ]