CHITON - Definition

Pronunciation:		'kItn
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[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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	Synonyms:	coat-of-mail shell, polyplacophore, sea cradle

	See Also:	genus Chiton, mollusc, mollusk, shellfish, tunic

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	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}.