Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Paries \Pa"ri*es\, n.; pl. {Parietes}. [See {Parietes}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a
barnacle.
Parietes \Pa*ri"e*tes\, n. pl. [L. paries a wall.]
1. (Anat.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the
abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.
2. (Bot.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.
Source : WordNet®
paries
n : (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a
structure; "stomach walls" [syn: {wall}]
[also: {parietes} (pl)]
parietes
See {paries}