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chiton

[kahyt-n, kahy-ton] / ˈkaɪt n, ˈkaɪ tɒn /
NOUN
mollusk
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For one, "a video of a chiton and a picture of a chiton kind of look the same," Varney quipped.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

I found a cantaloupe-color, fist-size chiton that a gull had snacked on.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2018

A professor held the tongue plate of a chiton, a type of mollusk, and dragged it around with a bar magnet.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 23, 2016

The photo shows a chiton, which has an oval body with plate-like armor divided into segments.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

He wore an ancient Greek chiton and a white himation, a kind of cape that flowed down his shoulders.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan




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