"trilobite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹaɪ.ləˌbaɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trilobite.wav [Southern-England] Forms: trilobites [plural]
Etymology: tri- + lobe + -ite Etymology templates: {{confix|en|tri|lobe|ite}} tri- + lobe + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} trilobite (plural trilobites)
  1. An extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita, whose body had three large lobes. Wikipedia link: trilobite Categories (lifeform): Trilobites Derived forms: Barr trilobite, trilobite beetle, trilobitelike Translations (member of the class Trilobita): তিনিভগীয়া পোক (tinibhogia pük) (Assamese), trilobit [masculine] (Catalan), 三葉蟲 (Chinese), 三叶虫 (sānyèchóng) (Chinese), trilobit [masculine] (Czech), trilobulo (Esperanto), trilobiitti (Finnish), trilobite [masculine] (French), τριλοβίτης (trilovítis) [masculine] (Greek), טרילוביט (trilobit) [feminine] (Hebrew), trilobite [masculine] (Italian), 三葉虫 (san’yōchū) (alt: さんようちゅう) (Japanese), 삼엽충 (samyeopchung) (alt: 三葉蟲) (Korean), trylobit [masculine] (Polish), trilobita [masculine] (Portuguese), trilobite [masculine] (Portuguese), trilobito [masculine] (Portuguese), trilobit [masculine] (Romanian), трилоби́т (trilobít) [masculine] (Russian), trilobit [masculine] (Slovene), trokrpar [masculine] (Slovene), trilobite (Spanish), trilobit [common-gender] (Swedish), vahesinotolu (Tongan), трилобі́т (trylobít) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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