chiton

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Definition of chiton in English Turkish dictionary

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) Kiton

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Definition of chiton in English English dictionary

A loose, woolen tunic, worn by both men and women in Ancient Greece

On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis’s house.

Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton

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

{i} sleeveless gown worn by men and women of ancient Greece; marine mollusk with a shell composed of eight overlapping plates and large muscular foot for mobility (of the order Amphineura)

Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora

The full-length gown worn by Greek tragic actors

A Greek tunic, the essential (and often only) garment of both men and women, the other being the homation or mantle; a kind of cape

One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates

primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates

An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt

Much like a blouse or T-shirt, worn under outer cloak or toga

a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece

primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece

Related Terms

A chiton

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seaboat

genus chiton

a genus of Polyplacophora

Hyphenation

chi·ton

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitōn, “tunic”), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the Akkadian (kitû) / (kita’um, “flax", "linen”), from Sumerian (gada) / (gida).