English noun: coat-of-mail shell | |||
| 1. | coat-of-mail shell (animal) primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates | ||
| Synonyms | chiton, polyplacophore, sea cradle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mollusc, mollusk, shellfish | ||
| Member meronym | genus Chiton | ||