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trilobite

US/ˈtɹaɪ.ləˌbaɪt/

trilobite noun: an extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita, whose body had three large lobes.

trilobite: an extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita, whose body had three large lobes
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Noun

trilobite (plural trilobites)

  1. An extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita, whose body had three large lobes.
    • When you look at a Precambrian trilobite in the lobby of a New York bank, it is difficult to speculate about its primeval environment.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 209

trilobite meaning in Tamil and Assamese

trilobite in Tamil

முக்கூற்று உடல் தொல்லுயிரி, முக்கூற்றுடலி

trilobite in Assamese

member of the class Trilobita
তিনিভগীয়া পোক tinibhogia pük

Examples of trilobite in a sentence

  • Trilobites have an extensive fossil record.
  • We asked Harris if he had any recommendations about seeing the famous trilobite digs.
  • Tossed by the waves, I felt like a trilobite on its way to fossilhood.

All 12 example sentences with trilobite

Forms of trilobite

pluraltrilobites

Origin of trilobite

Borrowed from translingual Trilobita. By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + lobe + -ite (“mineral, individual”), literally “three-lober”.

Words formed from trilobite

Phrases with trilobite

Questions about trilobite

What does trilobite mean?
Trilobite means an extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita, whose body had three large lobes.
What is trilobite in Tamil?
Trilobite in Tamil is முக்கூற்று உடல் தொல்லுயிரி, முக்கூற்றுடலி. See Trilobite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trilobite?
Trilobite is a noun.
How do you pronounce trilobite?
Trilobite is pronounced /ˈtɹaɪ.ləˌbaɪt/ (US).
What is the plural of trilobite?
The plural of trilobite is trilobites.

Words near trilobite in the dictionary

  1. trilobation
  2. trilobations
  3. trilobe
  4. trilobed
  5. trilobes
  6. trilobite
  7. trilobite beetle
  8. trilobite beetles
  9. trilobitelike
  10. trilobites
  11. trilobitic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trilobite (page history and authors); trilobite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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