Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two large, irregularly quadrilateral bones between the frontal and occipital bones that together form the sides and top of the skull.
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- noun Either of two
bones that together form the sides and top of theskull .
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- noun either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium
Etymologies
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From Latin parietalis ("pertaining to walls"), from paries ("wall") + bone.
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