trilobite
pronunciation
How to pronounce trilobite in British English:
UK [ˈtraɪləʊbaɪt]
How to pronounce trilobite in American English:
US [ˈtraɪləʊbaɪt]
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- Noun:
- an extinct arthropod that was abundant in Palaeozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts
Word Origin
- trilobite (n.)
- extinct marine arthropod, 1820, from Modern Latin Trilobites (Walch, 1771), from Greek tri- "three" (see three) + lobos "lobe" (see lobe); so called because its body is divided into three lobes.
Example
- 1. A new lower cambrian trilobite from wuting , yunnan .
- 2. The trilobite dazzled them with a brilliant flash and then bounced back their radar .
- 3. Upper silurian trilobite succession in eastern yunnan and discussion on the silurian-devonian boundary .
- 4. Oldest trilobite in the world and correlation of some archaeocyathid assemblages .
- 5. Eat your trilobite , sean.we gotta keep our strength up .