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Chiton vs Polyplacophoran - What's the difference?

chiton | polyplacophoran |

As nouns the difference between chiton and polyplacophoran

is that chiton is a loose, woolen tunic, worn by both men and women in ancient greece or chiton can be any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class polyplacophora, including the genus chiton while polyplacophoran is a mollusc of this class; a chiton.

As an adjective polyplacophoran is

of or pertaining to the molluscs of class polyplacophora .

chiton

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A loose, woolen tunic, worn by both men and women in Ancient Greece.
  • * 1992 , Donna Tartt, The Secret History ,
    • On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis’s house.
  • * 1998 , Colette Susan Czapski, NM238: A Hellenistic Statue and Its Archaistic Support'', Kim J. Hartswick, Mary Carol Sturgeon (editors), ''Stephanos: Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway , page 53,
    • She wears a diaphanous himation that covers her torso, over a floor-length chiton of heavier fabric.
  • * 2002 , Nikolaos Kaltsas (editor), Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens , page 156,
    • She wears a chiton and himation, using both hands to hold the edge of the latter, in which she has gathered apples.
    See also
    *
    Coordinate terms
    (other Ancient Greek costume) * chlamys * exomis * himation * palla * peplum, peplos * toga

    References

    * American Heritage Dictionary (fourth edition, 2000) entry on the chiton

    Etymology 2

    From . See .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton .
  • * 1969 , Sam Hinton, Seashore Life of Southern California , page 72,
    • In the giant chiton , Cryptochiton , this girdle has expanded so as to completely cover the plates.
  • * 1979 , R. McNeill Alexander, The Invertebrates , page 295,
    • The chiton (Fig. 14.1 a ) is depressed (dorso-ventrally flattened), with a large foot which has a flat sole.
  • * 1996 , Paul Henson, The Natural History of Big Sur , page 70,
    • The bright orange gumboot chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri ) is the largest in the world.
    Synonyms
    * (mollusc) coat-of-mail shell, loricate, polyplacophoran, polyplacophore, sea cradle
    See also
    * ("chiton" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

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    polyplacophoran

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to the molluscs of class Polyplacophora

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mollusc of this class; a chiton