Thus, the cell wall can be several layers thick, each layer being a sheet of linked peptidoglycan units. The Gram-positive bacterial cell wall is distinguished by having multiple layers of peptidoglycan sheets and is thus up to ten times the thickness of a Gram-negative bacterial cell wall.
noun. A parson holding his Bible. A parson holding his Bible. The definition of a parson is a member of the clergy, particularly in the Anglican tradition. An example of a parson is a Protestant minister.
Use pariah in a sentence. LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. noun. The definition of a pariah is a person who is rejected from society or who is an outcast. An example of a pariah is a person no one will speak to or interact with.y the 1800s, pariah had come to be used of any person who is despised, reviled, or shunned. noun. 1  A social outcast: âShortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village, Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunkardâ (Mark Twain).