Chiton

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various marine mollusks of the class Polyplacophora that live on rocks and have shells consisting of eight overlapping calcareous plates. Also called sea cradle.
  • n. A tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A loose, woolen tunic, worn by both men and women in Ancient Greece.
  • n. Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.
  • n. One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A tunic; a usual garment of both men and women among the ancient Greeks.
  • n. In zoöl.: The typical genus of the family Chitonidæ (which see).
  • n. A member of the genus Chiton or family Chitonidæ.
  • n. In zoology, an investing membrane or sheath.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
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