chiton Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece
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noun primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
polyplacophore; coat-of-mail shell; sea cradle.
WordNet
Chi"ton noun
Etymology
Gr. a chiton (in sense 1).Definitions
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An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt. -
(Zoöl.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora .
