chiton

Noun

Meaning

An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sea cradle polyplacophore coat-of-mail shell coat dress jacket shell robe abalone snail clam blouse mollusk scallop limpet
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Hypernyms

mollusc shellfish mollusk tunic

Phrases with the word

doric chiton warty chiton ionic chiton gumboot chiton blue lined chiton flame lined chiton

Anagrams

ONCHIT

Examples

Other common but less abundant species in this habitat include the chiton Hemiarthrum setulosum and the starfish Anasterias mawsoni. Source: Internet

Her chiton reached right to her feet, and she held a dolphin in one hand, a dove in the other. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

chitodisaccharide chitohexose chitolectin chitonid chitoniskos chitooctaose