English noun: chiton | |||
| 1. | chiton (artifact) a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tunic | ||
| 2. | chiton (animal) primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates | ||
| Synonyms | coat-of-mail shell, polyplacophore, sea cradle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mollusc, mollusk, shellfish | ||
| Member meronym | genus Chiton | ||