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Definition: Pallial
Pallial
\Pal"li*al\, a. [L. pallium a mantle. See
Pall.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of
mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or
impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the
inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of
Bivalve.
[1913 Webster]
Pallial chamber (Zo["o]l.), the cavity inclosed by the
mantle.
Pallial sinus (Zo["o]l.), an inward bending of the pallial
line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to
receive the siphon. See Illust. of
Bivalve.
[1913 Webster]