The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin pariēs ("wall of a house or room"). Compare French paroi ("wall"), Italian parete ("wall"), Portuguese parede ("wall") Spanish pared ("wall") and Romanian perete ("wall").
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