Pa*ri"e*tal (?), a. [L.
parietalis, fr. paries, -ietis, a wall: cf. F.
pariétal. Cf. Parietary, Pellitory.]
1. Of or pertaining to a wall; hence,
pertaining to buildings or the care of them.
2. Resident within the walls or buildings of a
college.
At Harvard College, the officers resident within the
college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the
Parietal Committee.
B. H. Hall (1856).
3. (Anat.) (a) Of
pertaining to the parietes. (b) Of,
pertaining to, or in the region of, the parietal bones, which form the
upper and middle part of the cranium, between the frontals and
occipitals.
4. (Bot.) Attached to the main wall of
the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta.
Pa*ri"e*tal, n. 1.
(Anat.) One of the parietal bones.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the special
scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles
and fishes.
