trilobite en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈtɹaɪ.ləˌbaɪt/ (US)
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Trilobita. By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + lobe + -ite (“mineral, individual”), literally “three-lober”.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trilobites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
trilobitelike · trilobitologist · trilobitology · trilobitic · trilobite beetle · nontrilobite · Barr trilobite
Translations (27)
de Trilobit (member of the class Trilobita) · to vahesinotolu (member of the class Trilobita) · as তিনিভগীয়া পোক (member of the class Trilobita) · ja 三葉虫 (member of the class Trilobita) · es trilobite (member of the class Trilobita) · ro trilobit (member of the class Trilobita) · pt trilobite (member of the class Trilobita) · ru трилоби́т (member of the class Trilobita) · zh 三葉蟲 /三叶虫 (member of the class Trilobita) · pl trylobit (member of the class Trilobita) · fr trilobite (member of the class Trilobita) · pt trilobito (member of the class Trilobita) · uk трилобі́т (member of the class Trilobita) · ca trilobit (member of the class Trilobita) · sl trilobit (member of the class Trilobita) · ko 삼엽충 (member of the class Trilobita) · nl trilobiet (member of the class Trilobita) · sl trokrpar (member of the class Trilobita) · it trilobite (member of the class Trilobita) · la trilobītēs (member of the class Trilobita) · el τριλοβίτης (member of the class Trilobita) · cs trilobit (member of the class Trilobita) · eo trilobulo (member of the class Trilobita) · sv trilobit (member of the class Trilobita) · he טרילוביט (member of the class Trilobita) · pt trilobita (member of the class Trilobita) · fi trilobiitti (member of the class Trilobita)