Usually means: Sensory perception of taste, texture.
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  1. palates: Merriam-Webster
  2. palates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. palates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Palates, palates: Wordnik
  5. palates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. palates: Wiktionary
  7. palates: Dictionary.com
  8. palates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Palates: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Palates: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Palates: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. palates: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Palates: Medical dictionary

(Note: See palate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (palate)

noun:  (anatomy) The roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.
noun:  (zoology) A part associated with the mouth of certain invertebrates, somewhat analogous to the palate of vertebrates.
noun:  (entomology, rare) The hypopharynx of an insect.
noun:  (botany) A projection in the throat of certain bilabiate flowers as the snapdragon.
noun:  (cooking, historical) The palate of an animal, as an item of food.
noun:  (figuratively) A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors.
noun:  (figuratively) Mental relish; a liking or affinity for something.
noun:  Taste or flavour, especially with reference to wine or other alcoholic drinks.
noun:  (obsolete) A dainty article of food.
verb:  (transitive, nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.
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