||Par*ra"qua (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A curassow of the genus Ortalida, allied
||to the guan.
||Par*rhe"si*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; para` beside, beyond + &?; a
||speaking.] (Rhet.) Boldness or freedom of speech.
Par"ri*ci`dal (?), a. [L. parricidalis, parricidialis. See Parricide.]
Of or pertaining to parricide; guilty of parricide.
Par"ri*cide (?), n. [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to
kill. See Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide.]
1. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one
who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.
2. [L. parricidium.] The act or crime of murdering one's own father or
any ancestor.