- genus Chiton
- nouna genus of Polyplacophora• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Polyplacophora, ↑class Polyplacophora• Member Meronyms: ↑chiton, ↑coat-of-mail shell, ↑sea cradle, ↑polyplacophore
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genus Chiton
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chiton — noun /kʌɪtɒn/ a) A loose, woolen tunic, worn by both men and women in Ancient Greece. On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis’s house. b) Any of various rock clinging marine… … Wiktionary
chiton — mollusc genus, 1816, from Gk. khiton frock (worn by both sexes), tunic, mail coat (see CHITIN (Cf. chitin)). Used in English in literal sense of ancient Greek tunic from 1850. The molluscs also are known as coat of mail shells for their mail like … Etymology dictionary
chiton — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek chitōn tunic, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew kuttōneth tunic Date: 1816 1. any of a class (Polyplacophora) of elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusks with a dorsal shell of calcareous … New Collegiate Dictionary
mollusk genus — noun a genus of mollusks • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Haliotis, ↑genus Haliotis, ↑Lambis, ↑genus Lambis, ↑Strombus, ↑genus Strombus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
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Giant chiton — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Polyplacophora … Wikipedia
