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noun
A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A woolen liturgical vestment resembling a collar and worn over the chasuble in the Western Christian liturgical tradition, conferred on archbishops by the Pope, equivalent to the Eastern Christian omophorion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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noun
The mantle of a mollusc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, malacology, natural-sciences
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noun
The cerebral cortex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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A presumed gelatinous envelope of diatoms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A sheet of cloud covering the whole sky, especially nimbostratus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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noun
cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cloak
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(Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front and back
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: vestment
noun
(zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mantle
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Broader terms: epidermis, cuticle
noun
the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming the cortex of the cerebrum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cerebral cortex, cerebral mantle, cortex
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Broader terms: neural structure
Narrower terms: neopallium, neocortex, archipallium, paleocortex
History
Borrowed from Latin pallium (“a cloak”). Doublet of pall.
Across languages
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