- 1. a. Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve. Source: opted
- 2. Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve. Pallial chamber (Zoöl.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle. -- Pallial sinus (Zoöl.), an inward bending of the pallial line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive the siphon. See Illust. of Bivalve. Source: webster
- 3. Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle ofmollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, orimpression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the innersurface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve. Pallial chamber(Zoöl.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle.-- Pallial sinus (Zoöl.), an inward bending of the pallial line,near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive thesiphon. See Illust. of Bivalve. Source: adambom
- 4. a. Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve. Source: ecdict
Home / Dictionary / pallial
pallial
Thesaurus links
Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.
From the definitions
Explore more
← pallia