Definitions for pallial

pallial pal·li·al

Spelling: [pal-ee-uh l]
IPA: /ˈpæl i əl/

Pallial is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 60 anagrams from letters in pallial (aailllp).

Definitions for pallial

adjective

  1. of or relating to the mantle of a mollusk.
  2. of or relating to the cerebral cortex.

Origin of pallial

First recorded in 1830-40; palli(um) + -al1

Examples for pallial

pallial sinus: A notch or recess of the pallial line; the scar of the siphon.

pallial line: The impression or mark made by the mantle, or pallium, on the inner surface of a bivalve shell.

The posterior end of the shell is contracted and slightly bent; the pallial sinus is deep.

Lucina has a curious tongue-shaped doubling of the pallial impression.

Without shell and operculum, but with pallial cavity and ctenidium.

Internally the pallial line is plain, and the sinus well marked but not deep.

In all the members of this family, as in the last, the pallial line of the shell is simple.

Frequently a depression in the pallial line toward the center of the valve is seen in the posterior end.

Scurria, with pallial branchiae in a circle beneath the mantle.

Cl, Cloacal or pallial chamber of Neomeniae and Chaetoderma.

Word Value for pallial
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9

Words with friends

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