Parietal

Definition of Parietal

Pa`ri´e`tal

a.	1.
	1.	Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
	2.	Resident within the walls or buildings of a college. At Harvard College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee. - B. H. Hall (1856).
	3.	(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the parietes.
	4.	(Bot.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; - said of a placenta.
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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