Parietes \Pa*ri"e*tes\, n. pl. [L. paries a wall.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule. [1913 Webster]
Paries \Pa"ri*es\, n.; pl. {Parietes}. [See {Parietes}.] (Zool.) The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle. [1913 Webster]