chiton

(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

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

See chiton in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Any of various marine mollusks of the class Polyplacophora that live on rocks and have shells consisting of eight overlapping calcareous plates. Also called sea cradle.
  2. A tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece.

Origin:

Origin: Greek khitōn, tunic

Origin: , from Central Semitic *kittān

Origin: , from Akkadian kitû, kita’um, flax, linen

Origin: , from Sumerian gada, gida

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