COAT-OF-MAIL SHELL
Dictionary entry overview: What does coat-of-mail shell mean? • COAT-OF-MAIL SHELL (noun)
The noun COAT-OF-MAIL SHELL has 1 sense:
1. primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
Familiarity information: COAT-OF-MAIL SHELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COAT-OF-MAIL SHELL (noun)
Meaning:
Primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
coat-of-mail shell; polyplacophore; sea cradle; chiton
Hypernyms ("coat-of-mail shell" is a kind of...):
mollusc; mollusk; shellfish (invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell)
Holonyms ("coat-of-mail shell" is a member of...):
genus Chiton (a genus of Polyplacophora)
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