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Chiton

Chiton Meaning & Definition
Chiton Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Chiton?

[n] primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
[n] a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece

Synonyms | Synonyms for Chiton: coat-of-mail shell | polyplacophore | sea cradle

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See Also | genus Chiton | mollusc | mollusk | shellfish | tunic

Chiton In Webster's Dictionary

\Chi"ton\, n. [Gr. ? a chiton (in sense 1).] 1. An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See {Polyplacophora}.

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