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1. (n.) chiton
any marine mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a dorsal shell of eight overlapping plates.
2. chiton
a gown or tunic, with or without sleeves, worn by both sexes in ancient Greece.
Etymology: (1810–20; < Gk chitṒn < Semitic (cf. Heb kuttōneth tunic))
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1. (noun) chiton
a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece
2. (noun) chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle, polyplacophore
primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
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1. (noun) chiton
an under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt
2. (noun) chiton
one of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora
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