chlamydate

chlamydate
/klam"i dayt'/, adj. Zool.
having a mantle or pallium, as a mollusk.
[ < L chlamydatus dressed in a chlamys, equiv. to Gk chlamyd- (s. of chlamys) CHLAMYS + -atus -ATE1]

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  • chlamys —   n. horseman s loose cloak of ancient Greece.    ♦ chlamydate, a. having a mantle.    ♦ chlamydeous, a. Botany, pertaining to floral envelope …   Dictionary of difficult words

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