What is "chione"

Chione (from the Greek χιών chiōn, "snow"), or Khione (Χιόνη) may refer to:

In Greek mythology, Chione was the daughter of the Oceanid Callirrhoe and Nilus. She was transformed into a snow cloud by Hermes at the order of Zeus; the Greek word for snow (χιών chiōn) was thought to have come from her name.

Chione is a genus of tropical American marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Veneridae.



In Greek mythology, Khione (from Greek χιών - chiōn, "snow") is the nymph or minor goddess of snow.