chiton
英 ['kaɪtɒn; -t(ə)n]
美
- n. 希顿古装（古希腊人贴身穿的宽大长袍）；[无脊椎] 石鳖（等于sea cradle）；多板纲软体动物
英英释义
- 1. a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece
- 2. primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
英文词源
- chiton (n.)
- mollusc genus, 1816, from Latinized form of Greek khiton "frock (worn by both sexes), tunic, mail coat" (see chitin). Used in English in literal sense of "ancient Greek tunic" from 1850. The molluscs also are known as "coat-of-mail shells" for their mail-like covering.