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chiton

noun
/ˈkaɪtn̩/US/ˈkaɪtn̩/UK

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”), from a Central Semitic *kittan, from the Akkadian 𒌆𒃰 (kitû, literally “flax, linen”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒃰 (kitû [GIŠ.GADA]).

  1. derived from 𒄑𒃰
  2. derived from 𒌆𒃰
  3. borrowed from χιτών

Definitions

  1. A loose woolen tunic worn by 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.
    • She wears a diaphanous himation that covers her torso, over a floor-length chiton of heavier fabric.
    • She wears a chiton and himation, using both hands to hold the edge of the latter, in which she has gathered apples.

  2. Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the…

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

    • In the giant chiton, Cryptochiton, this girdle has expanded so as to completely cover the plates.
    • The chiton (Fig. 14.1 a) is depressed (dorso-ventrally flattened), with a large foot which has a flat sole.
    • The bright orange gumboot chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri) is the largest in the world.

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