HyperDic: chiton

English > 2 senses of the word chiton:
NOUNartifactchitona woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece
animalchiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle, polyplacophoreprimitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
English > chiton: 2 senses > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece.
BroadertunicAny of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees
English > chiton: 2 senses > noun 2, animal
MeaningPrimitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates.
Synonymscoat-of-mail shell, sea cradle, polyplacophore
Member ofgenus ChitonA genus of Polyplacophora
Broadermollusk, mollusc, shellfishinvertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
Spanishpoliplacóforo
Catalanpoliplacòfor

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