CHITON

[ 'kʌɪtɒn , -t(ə)n ]

■ noun

1》 a long woollen tunic worn in ancient Greece.

2》 a marine mollusc that has an oval flattened body with a shell of overlapping plates. [ Chiton and other genera, class Polyplacophora.]

Origin

from Gk khitōn 'tunic'.