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paries
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun paries has 1 sense
- paries(n = noun.body) wall - (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls" has particulars: abdominal wall
is a kind of stratum
CIDE DICTIONARY
paries, n. [See Parietes.].
The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle. [1913 Webster]
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