chi·ton /ˈkaɪtṇ, ˈkaɪˌtɑn/
 一種襯衣,貝殼的一種


 Chi·ton n.
 1. An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.
 2. Zool. One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.

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 chiton
      n 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 [syn:
          coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle, polyplacophore]