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chiton

[kahyt-n, kahy-ton] / ˈkaɪt n, ˈkaɪ tɒn /
NOUN
mollusk
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"And you can sit there with a nail file and try to pry the chiton off; you will lose."

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

She wore a green chiton and laced sandals, and she was dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan




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