Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pallial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: pal-lial
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or produced by a mantle, especially the mantle of mollusks.

adj

Of or relating to the pallium.

Example Sentences

"the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell"
"The oldest points are close to the outcrop of the pallial myostracum (9 )."
"Along a line nearly corresponding with the horny band which proceeds from the insertions of the shell-muscles and encircles the mantle below, the pallial wall is produced inwards and forwards into a membranous fold or ligament, which I will call the pallio-visceral ligament; and this pallio-visceral ligament becoming attached to various viscera, divides the great fifth chamber into an anterior inferior, and a posterior superior portion, which communicate freely with one another."

Etymology

Latin pallium (“a mantle”).

Derived Forms

entopallial extrapallial hyperpallial intrapallial mesopallial subpallial

Phrases

pallial chamber pallial line pallial nerve pallial sinus

Questions

What does pallial mean?: Of, pertaining to, or produced by a mantle, especially the mantle of mollusks.
Where does pallial come from?: Latin pallium (“a mantle”).

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