Chiton vs Stella - What's the difference?
chiton | stella |
A loose, woolen tunic, worn by both men and women in Ancient Greece.
* 1992 , Donna Tartt, The Secret History ,
* 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 ,
* 2002 , Nikolaos Kaltsas (editor), Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens ,
Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton .
* 1969 , Sam Hinton, Seashore Life of Southern California ,
* 1979 , R. McNeill Alexander, The Invertebrates ,
* 1996 , Paul Henson, The Natural History of Big Sur ,
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* 1933 , Over the Garden Wall ,Faber and Faber 1933, page 91 ("Girls' Names")
, a brand of beer; or a serving of such.
* 2006 Jamie Treays: Sheila ( a song) :
As an interjection chiton
is shh, mum's the word.As a proper noun stella is
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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- On the night of our first attempt, we simply overdrank and passed out in our chitons in the woods near Francis’s house.
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- She wears a diaphanous himation that covers her torso, over a floor-length chiton of heavier fabric.
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- 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 * togaReferences
*American Heritage Dictionary (fourth edition, 2000) entry on the chiton
Etymology 2
From . See .Noun
(en noun)page 72,
- In the giant chiton , Cryptochiton , this girdle has expanded so as to completely cover the plates.
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- The chiton (Fig. 14.1 a ) is depressed (dorso-ventrally flattened), with a large foot which has a flat sole.
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- The bright orange gumboot chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri ) is the largest in the world.
Synonyms
* (mollusc) coat-of-mail shell, loricate, polyplacophoran, polyplacophore, sea cradleSee also
* ("chiton" on Wikipedia)Anagrams
*stella
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star,
- I'm going to have a few Stellas tonight
- Sheila goes out with her mate Stella / It gets poured all over her fella