PAROT´ID, _a._ or _n._ Pertaining to the ear. _Especially_, a salivary
gland situate near the ear.
PAS´SERES, _n. pl._ A group of birds including sparrows and all the
higher birds.
PAS´SERINE, _a._ Sparrow-like. Belonging to the group of _Passeres_.
PATEL´LA, _n._ Knee-pan; knee-cap. Sesamoid bone of knee-joint.
PAT´ENT, _a._ Open.
PATHOL´OGY, _n._ Physiology of disease.
PEC´TEN, _n._ Same as MARSUPIUM (which see).
PEC´TINATE, PEC´TINATED, _a._ Having tooth-like projections, like those
of a comb.
PECTINA´TION, _n._ Comb-like toothing.
PEC´TORAL, _a._ Pertaining to the breast. The _pectoral_ muscles of
birds, three in number, are the principal ones in point of bulk in most
birds; they move the wing as a whole.
PEC´TUS, _n._ Breast. (62.) Anterior portion of lower part of trunk,
between jugulum and abdomen; properly, the region overlying and
containing the breast-bone, but generally restricted to the more forward
_swelling_ portion of such region.
PE´DES, _n._; pl. of _pes_. Feet. (96.) Leg beyond the end of the tibia.
PED´ICEL, _n._ Narrow foot-stalk or stem by which an organ is attached.
Same as _peduncle_.
PELAG´IC, _a._ Frequenting the high seas.
PEL´LICLE, _n._ Any very delicate membrane.