transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkī-t ə n, ˈkī-ˌtän ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Greek chitōn tunic, of Semitic origin; akin to Hebrew kuttōneth tunic
Date: 1816
1. : any of a class (Polyplacophora) of elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusks with a dorsal shell of calcareous plates
2.
[Greek chitōn ]
: the basic garment of ancient Greece worn usually knee-length by men and full-length by women