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a trilobite fossil

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tri- +‎ lobe +‎ -ite

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪ.ləˌbaɪt/
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trilobite (plural trilobites)

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

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trilobite m (plural trilobites)

  1. trilobite

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  • IPA(key): /tri.loˈbi.te/
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Hyphenation: tri‧lo‧bì‧te

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trilobite m (plural trilobiti)

  1. trilobite

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  • Hyphenation: tri‧lo‧bi‧te

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trilobite f (plural trilobites)

  1. European Portuguese standard spelling of trilobita.