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chiton definition

chi·ton (kī′tən, -tän′)

noun

  1. a loose garment of varying length, similar to a tunic, worn by both men and women in ancient Greece
  2. any of a class (Polyplacophora) of mostly small, ovoid marine mollusks, having a dorsal shell consisting of eight articulating calcareous plates and a ventral foot

Etymology: Gr chitōn, garment, tunic, coat of mail: see tunic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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