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Paludina
- - Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond.
Paludine
- - Of or pertaining to a marsh.
Paludism
- - The morbid phenomena produced by dwelling among marshes; malarial disease or disposition.
Paludose
- - Growing or living in marshy places; marshy.
Pelagian
- - Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, pelagian shells.
Pelagius
- noun - a British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418)
Pelasgic
- - Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, an ancient people of Greece, of roving habits.
Pelecoid
- - A figure, somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants.
Pelerine
- - A woman's cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind.
Pelicans
- noun - large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish