Associations to the word «Chiton»

Pictures for the word «Chiton»

Wiktionary

CHITON, noun. A loose, woolen tunic, worn by both men and women in Ancient Greece.
CHITON, noun. Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
CHITON, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Chitonidae   — certain polyplacophoran molluscs.

Dictionary definition

CHITON, noun. A woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece.
CHITON, noun. Primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates.

Wise words

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