Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The top of a bird's head, extending from the base of the bill to the nape.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In human anatomy, a cerebral hemisphere.
- noun In ornithology, the cap or whole top of the head, from the base of the bill to the nape, and laterally about to the level of the upper border of the eyes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology The top of a
bird 'shead
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Their plumage was a rich chocolate, suffused over neck, breast, and back with intense crimson, while the pileum was quite black.
Birds of the Rockies 1896
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They have the head of Ulysses, recognised by the pileum, or pointed cap, while the reverse of one presents the figure of a cock, the emblem of his vigilance, with the legend
Life of Lord Byron Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 1854
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They have the head of Ulysses, recognised by the pileum, or pointed cap, while the reverse of one presents the figure of a cock, the emblem of his vigilance, with the legend
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815
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They have the head of Ulysses, recognised by the pileum, or pointed cap, while the reverse of one presents the figure of a cock, the emblem of his vigilance, with the legend [Greek: IThAK_ON].
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Intra hos limites non aliud horum no* morom genesi commodius tempus ad - signabimus, quam quo Barchocebas paiam obsequium detrectayit, et elato beliisigno populares suos a Romano - rum 8er? itute ad pileum Tocavit.
Doctrina nvmorvm vetervm conscripta a Josepho Eckhel .. 1792
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C. AV Eadem ftatua, fupra quam icunc inter duas figuras ftantes, quar dexrcrior pileum Libertatis, cenfet Vaillantius 9 alcera litn tcnet, hinc ec inde fpica.
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JE 2. et d. tenct pileum libcrtatis, cetera vt in n.
Lexicon vniversae rei nvmariae vetervm et praecipve Graecorvm ac Romanorvm: cvm observationibvs ... Johann Christoph Rasche 1785
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Ex.iii. in Hampden's translation, 1773.] [Footnote 35: The 'pileum,' a close-fitting felt cap, was given by the
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II 46-120? Plutarch 1839
biocon commented on the word pileum
Regarding Etymologies (above), pῑleum is Classical Latin instead of New Latin. This Classical Latin word was also frequently written pῑleus, pilleus or pilleum and was even spelled pῑlleum according to one dictionary.
August 11, 2011