About The Word Chiton
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Chiton
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Chiton: 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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