The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Parietes \Pa*ri"e*tes\, n. pl. [L. paries a wall.]
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   1. (Anat.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the
      abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.
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   2. (Bot.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Paries \Pa"ri*es\, n.; pl. Parietes. [See Parietes.] (Zool.)
   The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a
   barnacle.
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