Chiton
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed —
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- coat-of-mail shellpolyplacophoresea cradle
- plural
- Chitons
- possessive
- Chiton's
- pluralpossessive
- Chitons'