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coat-of-mail shell

DEFINITIONS OF: coat-of-mail shell

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

Synonyms:
chiton, polyplacophore, sea cradle
Type of:
mollusc, mollusk, shellfish
invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
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