See chiton in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1998, Colette Susan Czapski, “NM238: A Hellenistic Statue and Its Archaistic Support”, in Kim J. Hartswick, Mary Carol Sturgeon, editors, Stephanos: Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, page 53:",
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"code": "eo",
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "Greek tunic",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "chiton"
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"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
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"code": "sv",
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"ref": "1969, Sam Hinton, chapter I, in Seashore Life of Southern California, page 72:",
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"ref": "1979, R. McNeill Alexander, chapter I, in The Invertebrates, page 295:",
"text": "The chiton (Fig. 14.1 a) is depressed (dorso-ventrally flattened), with a large foot which has a flat sole.",
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"word": "coat-of-mail shell"
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"code": "ca",
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"roman": "duō bǎn gāng",
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"word": "多板綱 /多板纲"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "nivelkotilo"
},
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"sense": "mollusc",
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"masculine"
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"word": "chiton"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mollusc",
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"feminine"
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"word": "Käferschnecke"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chitónas",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "χιτώνας"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "któnet yam",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "כתונת ים"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "nökkvar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chitone"
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{
"alt": "たばんこう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "多板綱"
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"alt": "多板類",
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dapannyu",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "다판류"
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"alt": "多板綱",
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"sense": "mollusc",
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"code": "lut",
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"word": "ʔuk̓ʷs"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "papatua"
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "chʼoshłóóʼ bikááʼtsʼinígíí"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mollusc",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mollusc",
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"word": "quíton"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mollusc",
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"word": "ledsnäcka"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ốc song kinh"
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