单词 | coat-of-mail shell |
释义 | coat-of-mail shell in British Englishnoun another name for chiton (sense 2) chiton in British English (ˈkaɪtən, -tɒn) noun 1. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a loose woollen tunic worn knee length by men and full length by women 2. Also called: coat-of-mail shell any small primitive marine mollusc of the genus Chiton and related genera, having an elongated body covered with eight overlapping shell plates: class Amphineura Word origin C19: from Greek khitōn coat of mail, of Semitic origin; related to Hebrew kethōnet |
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