pallial Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pal"li*al adjective

Etymology

L. pallium a mantle. See Pall.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) Of or pretaining 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.