Associations to the word «Paries»

Noun

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Wiktionary

PARIES, noun. The wall of any cavity in the body.
PARIES, noun. (zoology) The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.

Dictionary definition

PARIES, noun. (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; "stomach walls".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats