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chlamydate

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chlam⋅y⋅date

[klam-i-deyt]
–adjective Zoology.
having a mantle or pallium, as a mollusk.

Origin:
< L chlamydātus dressed in a chlamys, equiv. to Gk chlamyd- (s. of chlamys) chlamys + -ātus -ate 1
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chlam·y·date   (klām'ĭ-dāt')   
adj.  Having a mantle. Used of mollusks.

[Latin chlamydātus, cloaked, from chlamys, chlamyd-, mantle; see chlamys.]
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