▪ I. parial, a. rare—1.
(ˈpɛərɪəl)
[f. L. pari- equal, in pl. paria pair + -al1.]
Belonging to or constituting a pair; paired.
| 1854 Owen Skel. & Teeth in Circ. Sc., Organ. Nat. I. 215 [The plastron..consists..of nine pieces,—one median and symmetrical, and the rest in pairs]. Ibid. 216 The parial pieces of the plastron are the ‘hæmapophyses’ [etc.]. |
▪ II. parial
obs. form of pair-royal.