Definitions for chitons

chitons chi·ton

Spelling: [kahyt-n, kahy-ton]
IPA: /ˈkaɪt n, ˈkaɪ tɒn/

Chitons is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 200 anagrams from letters in chitons (chinost).

Definitions for chitons

noun

  1. Also called sea cradle. a mollusk of the class Amphineura, having a mantle covered with calcareous plates, found adhering to rocks.
  2. a gown or tunic, with or without sleeves, worn by both sexes in ancient Greece.

Origin of chitons

1810-20; Greek chitṓn tunic Semitic (compare Hebrew kuttōneth tunic); ultimately Sumerian

Examples for chitons

Among the working classes the chiton was, of course, homespun, or of leather.

Those in which they are arranged in a straight line, as chiton, fig. 227.

He tore his chiton from top to bottom and wrapped it about his mouth and nose.

Latreille, on the contrary, classed them near the mollusc, chiton.

Perhaps the commonest of the British species is chiton cinereus.

Beset with sharp spines, as the margin of chiton aculeatus, fig. 227.

From the chiton we now pass to the articles of dress of the nature of cloaks.

Identical with this in form is the chiton worn by Doric women.

A genus formed for the reception of chiton amiculatus, Auct.

The genus chiton is the only example of this kind of Multivalves.

Word Value for chitons
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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