Chiton vs. Tunic — What's the Difference?

Chitons are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora , formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.

A tunic is a garment for the body, usually simple in style, reaching from the shoulders to a length somewhere between the hips and the knees. The name derives from the Latin tunica, the basic garment worn by both men and women in Ancient Rome, which in turn was based on earlier Greek garments that covered wearers' waists.

A long woollen tunic worn in ancient Greece.

A loose garment, typically sleeveless and reaching to the knees, as worn in ancient Greece and Rome.

A marine mollusc that has an oval flattened body with a shell of overlapping plates.

A close-fitting short coat as part of a uniform, especially a police or military uniform.

Any of various marine mollusks of the class Polyplacophora that live on rocks and have shells consisting of eight overlapping calcareous plates. Also called sea cradle.

An integument or membrane enclosing or lining an organ or part.

A tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece.

A loose-fitting garment, sleeved or sleeveless, extending to the knees and worn especially in ancient Greece and Rome.

(historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.

A medieval surcoat.

Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.

A long, plain, close-fitting jacket, usually having a stiff high collar and worn as part of a uniform.

An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

A loose-fitting, pullover, collarless shirt that falls to the hip or thigh and is often drawn in at the waist and worn over leggings or pants.

One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.

(Anatomy) A coat or layer enveloping an organ or part.

A woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece

(Botany) A loose membranous outer covering of a bulb or corm, as of an onion, tulip, or crocus.

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

See tunicle.

A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.

Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.

An under-garment worn by the ancient Romans of both sexes. It was made with or without sleeves, reached to or below the knees, and was confined at the waist by a girdle.

Any similar garment worn by ancient or Oriental peoples; also, a common name for various styles of loose-fitting under-garments and over-garments worn in modern times by Europeans and others.

Same as Tunicle.

A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.

A natural covering; an integument; as, the tunic of a seed.

An enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue

Any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees