Trilobite Definition

trīlə-bīt
trilobites
noun
Any of a large class (Trilobita) of extinct marine arthropods having the body divided by two furrows into three parts, found as fossils in Paleozoic rocks.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Trilobite

Noun

Singular:
trilobite
Plural:
trilobites

Origin of Trilobite

  • New Latin Trilobītēs former class name from Greek trilobos three-lobed tri- tri- lobos lobe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • tri- +"Ž lobe +"Ž -ite

    From Wiktionary

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