| Pronunciation: | | 'kItn
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [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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CHITON is a 6 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | coat-of-mail shell, polyplacophore, sea cradle |
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| | See Also: | | genus Chiton, mollusc, mollusk, shellfish, tunic |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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