English Dictionary: Philohela | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Palely \Pale"ly\, adv. [From Pale, a.] In a pale manner; dimly; wanly; not freshly or ruddily. --Thackeray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Paleola \[d8]Pa*le"o*la\, n.; pl. {Paleol[91]}. [NL., dim. of L. palea.] (Bot.) A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pallial \Pal"li*al\, a. [L. pallium a mantle. See {Pall}.] (Zo[94]l.) 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}. {Pallial chamber} (Zo[94]l.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle. {Pallial sinus} (Zo[94]l.), an inward bending of the pallial line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive the siphon. See Illust. of {Bivalve}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Palola \Pa*lo"la\, n. [Fr. the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) An annelid ({Palola viridis}) which, at certain seasons of the year, swarms at the surface of the sea about some of the Pacific Islands, where it is collected for food. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Palolo \Pa*lo"lo\, n., [or] Palolo worm \Palolo worm\ . [From native name.] A polystome worm ({Palolo viridis}) that burrows in the coral reefs of certain of the Pacific Islands. A little before the last quarter of the moon in October and November, they swarm in vast numbers at the surface of the sea for breeding, and are gathered and highly esteemed as food by the natives. An allied species inhabits the tropical Atlantic and swarms in June or July. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Palule \Pal"ule\, n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Palulus} or {Palus}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Palulus \[d8]Pal"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Paluli}. [NL., dim. of L. palus a stake.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Palus}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pellile \Pel*li"le\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The redshank; -- so called from its note. [Prov. Eng.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pullail \Pul"lail\, n. [F. poulaille.] Poultry. [Obs.] --Rom. of R. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Palal, thinking | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Pelaliah, entreating the Lord |