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palea (pa'lea) n. [L. palea, chaff.] 

 One of little bracts on the florets 

 of Compositae^ (&?/.). 



paleaceous (palea'shus) a. [L. palea, 

 chaff.] Appl. a capitulum furnished 

 with small scaly bracts or paleae 



paliform (pa'liform) a. [L. palus, a 

 stake ; forma, shape.] Like an 

 upright stake. 



palingenesis (pal'injfin'gsis) n. [Gk. 

 palin, anew ; genesis, descent.] 

 Abrupt metamorphosis ; the re- 

 birth of ancestral characters (bio/.). 



palisade tissue, the general ground 

 tissue of many foliage leaves, 

 so called from the palisade-like 

 arrangement of their elongated 

 cells (bot.). 



pallet (pal'et) n. [L. pala, a spade.] 

 A shelly plate on a bivalve siphon 

 (zoo/.). 



pallial (pal'ial) a. [L. pallium, 

 mantle.] Pert, the molluscan 

 pallium or mantle ; appl. line, 

 groove, sinus, muscles (zoo!.}. 



palliate (pal'iat) a. [L. pallium, 

 mantle.] Having a mantle or 

 similar structure (zoo/.). 



palliopedal (pal'ioped'al) a. [L. 

 pallium, mantle ; pes, foot.] Pert. 

 molluscan mantle and foot. 



pallium (pal'mm) n. [L. pallium, 

 mantle.] A mollusc or brachiopod 

 mantle ; a portion of the cerebral 

 wall (zoo/.). 



palmar (pal'mar) a. [L. palma, palm 

 of the hand.] Pert, the palm of the 

 hand ; appl. aponeurosis, nerve, 

 muscle (anat.). 



palmaria (palma'ria) n. plu. [L. 

 palmaris, pert, the palm.] The 

 third brachials of Crinoids (zoo/.). 



palmate (pal'mat) a. [L. palma, palm 

 of the hand.] Appl. leaves divided 

 into lobes arising from a common 

 centre (pot.) ; having anterior toes 

 webbed, as in most aquatic Birds 

 (zoc/.). 



palmatifld (palmat'ifid) a. [L.^a/ma, 

 palm of the hand \findere, to cleave.] 

 Appl. leaves divided into lobes to 

 about the middle, at acute angles 

 to each other (bot.). 



palmatilobate (palmat'llo'bat) a. [L. 

 palma, palm ; lobus, a lobe.] Pal- 

 mate with rounded lobes and 



divisions half-way to the base 

 (dot.). 



palmatipartite (palmat'ipir'tlt) a. 

 [L. palma, palm ;partitus, divided.] 

 Palmate with the divisions more 

 than half-way to the base (bot.). 



palmatisect (palmat'Isgkt) a. [L. 

 palma, palm ; sectus, cut.] Palmate 

 with the divisions nearly to -the 

 base (bot.). 



palmella (palmeTa) n. [Gk. palmos, 

 a quivering.] A stage of certain 

 Algae, consisting of groups of 

 rounded cells in a jelly-like mass 

 (bot.}. 



palmitin (pal'mitin) n. [Gk. palma, 

 palm-tree.] A compound of fatty 

 acid and glycerine found in adi- 

 pose tissue (phys!). 



palmula (pal'mula) n. [L. palma, 

 palm.] A terminal lobe or process 

 between the paired claws of insect 

 feet (zoo/.). 



palp, see palpus. 



palpacle (pal'pakl) n. [L. palpare, 

 to feel.] The tentacle of a dactylo- 

 zooid or palpon of Siphonophora 

 (zoo/.). 



palpal (pal'pal) a. [L. palpare, to 

 stroke.] Pert, a palpus. 



palpate (pal'pat) a. [L. palpare, to 

 stroke.] Provided with a palpus 

 or palpi (zoo/.). 



palpebra (pal'pSbra) n. [L. palpebra, 

 an eyelid.] An eyelid. 



palpebral (pal'pfcbral) a. [L. palpebra, 

 an eyelid.] Pert, the eyelids ; appl. 

 arteries, ligament, nerves (anat.) ; 

 appl. a lobe or buttress on which 

 the eye of Trilobites rests (zoo/.). 



palpifer (pal'plfgr) n. [L. palpare, to 

 feel ; ferre, to carry.] A maxilla 

 lobe bearing the palpus of Insects 

 (zoo/.). 



palpiform (pal'plf6rm) a. [L. pal- 

 pare, to feel ; forma, shape.] Re- 

 sembling a palpus or insect-feeler 

 (zoo/.). 



palpiger (pal'pljgr) n. [L. palpare, 

 to feel ; gerere, to bear.] The 

 support of a labial palpus in In- 

 sects (zoo/.). 



palpocil (pal'posil) n. [L. palpare, to 

 touch ; cilium, a lashj A stiff sen- 

 sory filament attached to the sense 

 cells of Hydromedusae (zoo/.). 



palpon (pal'pon) /;. [L. palpare, to 



