English
Detailed Synonyms for coat-of-mail shell in English
coat-of-mail shell:
coat-of-mail shell [the ~] noun
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the coat-of-mail shell
– primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates 1the chiton; the coat-of-mail shell; the polyplacophore; the sea cradle– primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates 1