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chiton::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | coat-of-mail shell, polyplacophore, sea cradle |
| Type of | mollusc, mollusk, shellfish |
chiton::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | tunic |
Examples of chiton
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Greek men sometimes wore a short version of chiton known as the chitoniskos.
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He added that chiton eyes are still an anomaly in the evolution of vision.
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There are two forms of chiton, the Doric chiton and the later Ionic chiton.
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Nanoscale chemical tomography of buried organic-inorganic interfaces in the chiton tooth.
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The tunic or chiton was worn as a shirt or gown by both genders among the ancient Romans.
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Chiton plates or valves often wash up on beaches in rocky areas where chitons are common.
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The peplos was usually a heavier woollen garment, while the chiton was a lighter linen.
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Learn how to tell a half crab from a chiton and to spot an octopus.
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Images of the goddess show her enthroned, clad in chiton and mantle.
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- 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 chiton (Greek: u03C7u03B9u03C4u03CEu03BD, khitu014Dn) was a form of clothing in Ancient Greece, worn by both sexes, but especially men. It is a sewn garment, unlike the female peplos, a draped garment held on the shoulders by a fibula.
- Chiton is a genus of chiton, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.
- (CHITONS) Invertebrates that eat detritus. (only for use in glass tanks)
- After the Persians were driven from Greece in 479 BC, a reaction against Oriental fashion found expression in the wearing of the chiton. This was similar to the peplos but without the patterning and was usually girdled twice. ...
- Women's long linen garment, attached along arms to make sleeves
- A type of mollusc that lives attached to rocks. Its shell is made up of several plates like a suit of armour. They are also called coat-of-mail shells, or polyplacophorans
- Phylum Mollusca, class Polyplacophora. Characterized by eight dorsal plates or valves held together by an outer girdle.
