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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pallial \Pal"li*al\, a. [L. pallium a mantle. See {Pall}.]
(Zool.)
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}.
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{Pallial chamber} (Zool.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle.
{Pallial sinus} (Zool.), an inward bending of the pallial
line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to
receive the siphon. See Illust. of {Bivalve}.
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