Chiton

[kaitn]

(noun.) primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates.

(noun.) a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece.

Typed by Elroy--From WordNet

(n.) An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

(n.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.

Editor: Sweeney

n. the ancient Greek tunic: a genus of marine molluscs.

Checker: Marty