Chiton vs. Tunic

Chitonnoun

(historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.

Chitonnoun

Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.

Chitonnoun

An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

Chitonnoun

One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.

Chitonnoun

a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece

Chitonnoun

primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates

Chitonnoun

a long woollen tunic worn in ancient Greece.

Chitonnoun

a marine mollusc that has an oval flattened body with a shell of overlapping plates.

Chiton

Chitons are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora , formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.

Tunicnoun

A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.

Tunicnoun

Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.

Tunicnoun

An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle.

Tunicnoun

Any similar garment worn by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others.

Tunicnoun

Same as Tunicle.

Tunicnoun

A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.

Tunicnoun

A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed.

Tunicnoun

See Mantle, n., 3 (a).

Tunicnoun

an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue

Tunicnoun

any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees

Tunicnoun

a loose garment, typically sleeveless and reaching to the knees, as worn in ancient Greece and Rome.

Tunicnoun

a loose, thigh-length garment, worn typically by women over a skirt or trousers

Tunicnoun

a gymslip.

Tunicnoun

a close-fitting short coat as part of a uniform, especially a police or military uniform.

Tunicnoun

an integument or membrane enclosing or lining an organ or part.

Tunicnoun

any of the concentric layers of a plant bulb, e.g. an onion.

Tunicnoun

the rubbery outer coat of a sea squirt.

Tunic

A tunic is a garment for the body, usually simple in style, reaching from the shoulders to a length somewhere between the hips and the knees. The name derives from the Latin tunica, the basic garment worn by both men and women in Ancient Rome, which in turn was based on earlier Greek garments that covered wearers' waists.