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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 the skull.

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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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