genus chiton

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of Polyplacophora (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mollusk genus,
definition	:	a genus of mollusks (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	chiton, coat-of-mail shell, polyplacophore, sea cradle,
definition	:	primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	class polyplacophora, polyplacophora,
definition	:	small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the subclass Amphineura (noun.animal)