Found 2 items, similar to chiton.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: chiton chiton n 1: a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece 2: primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates [syn: coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle, polyplacophore]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Chiton Chiton \Chi"ton\, n. [Gr. ? a chiton (in sense 1).] 1. An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora. [1913 Webster]