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chiton

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈkaɪtn̩/Part of speech nounSorted chinotStarts with CEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates

Word origin

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]).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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