| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | chi·ton |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k t n, kt n |
| NOUN: | 1. Any of various marine mollusks of the class Polyplacophora that live on rocks and have shells consisting of eight overlapping calcareous plates. Also called sea cradle. 2. A tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek khit n, tunic, from Central Semitic *kitt n, from Akkadian kitû, kita’um, flax, linen, from Sumerian gada, gida.
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