NOUN | animal | polyplacophore, chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle | primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates |
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Meaning | Primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates. | |
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Synonyms | chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle | |
Member of | genus Chiton | A genus of Polyplacophora |
Broader | mollusk, mollusc, shellfish | invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell |
Spanish | poliplacóforo | |
Catalan | poliplacòfor |
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