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noun (pl=pallia, pl2=palliums)
  1. A woollen vestment conferred on archbishops by the Pope.
  2. (historic) A large cloak worn by Greek philosophers and teachers.
  3. (zoology) The mantle of a mollusc.
  4. (meteorology) A sheet of cloud covering the whole sky, especially nimbostratus.
  5. (anatomy) The cerebral cortex.
Etymology: Latin.


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