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Definition of Chitons
1. chiton [n] - See also: chiton
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chitons
Literary usage of Chitons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"On the Phenomena of the Reproduction of the chitons. By WILLIAM CLARK, Esq.
To the Editors of the Annals of Natural History. GENTLEMEN, Norfolk Crescent ..."
2. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1900)
"THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GONAD AND GONO- DUCTS IN TWO SPECIES OF chitons. ...
The later development of the chitons has never been fully investigated, ..."
3. Notes on a Fauna of the Vigo Group and Its Bearing on the Evolution of by Roy Ernest Dickerson (1921)
"chitons are not generally considered as having much importance as fossils, and,
... The chief reasons for believing that the chitons furnish relatively ..."
4. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1840)
"V. — Descriptions of some new chitons. ... in the sculpture of the valves, this
species forms a pretty addition to the thorny-margined section of chitons. ..."
5. The Shell Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living by Julia Ellen Rogers (1908)
"The chitons are unique among mollusks. The shell is composed of eight ... By this
shell peculiarity all chitons may be instantly recognized by the most ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1876)
"It is a strange peculiarity of chitons that the heads in the whole group are
nearly alike, and that they show their differentiation at the tails. ..."
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