A genus of Molluscs having a boat-shaped shell consisting of a series of eight separate plates in contact or overlapping each other.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > amphineura or chitons (7) chiton1815 A genus of Molluscs having a boat-shaped shell consisting of a series of eight separate plates in contact or overlapping each other. sea-caterpillara1843 (a) a marine worm of the genus Polynoë; (b) a chiton shell. sea-woodlouse1863 (a) a sea-slater; (b) a chiton or coat-of-mail shell, so called from resembling the above. mail-shell1867 a chiton or coat-of-mail shell (cf. chiton, n. 2). sea-boat1884 A name for a Chiton or coat-of-mail shell. sea-bug1884 †(a) a triton shell; (b) (see quot. 1884). Amphineura1889 (pl.) a group of bilaterally symmetrical molluscs containing the chitons and related forms. |
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