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    COAT-OF-MAIL SHELL

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous platesplay

    Synonyms:

    chiton; coat-of-mail shell; polyplacophore; sea cradle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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