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acrolobe

acrolobe noun: the central portion of a cephalon or pygidium of an agnostoid trilobite.

Noun

acrolobe (plural acrolobes)

  1. The central portion of a cephalon or pygidium of an agnostoid trilobite.
    • PIUNSJ 661; pygidium, largely exfoliated with laterally constricted acrolobe; olistolite LC9.1995, John H Shergold, Osvaldo Bordonaro, Eladio Liñán, “Late Cambrian Agnostoid Trilobites from Argentina”, in Palaeontology, volume 38, page 244

Forms of acrolobe

pluralacrolobes

Origin of acrolobe

From acro- + lobe.

Questions about acrolobe

What does acrolobe mean?
Acrolobe means the central portion of a cephalon or pygidium of an agnostoid trilobite.
What part of speech is acrolobe?
Acrolobe is a noun.
What is the plural of acrolobe?
The plural of acrolobe is acrolobes.

Words near acrolobe in the dictionary

  1. acroleukopathy
  2. acrolith
  3. acrolithan
  4. acrolithic
  5. acroliths
  6. acrolobe
  7. acrolobes
  8. acrologic
  9. acrologically
  10. acrology
  11. acrolophid

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