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Meaning of TRILOBITE

Pronunciation:  'trIlu`bIt

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  an extinct arthropod that was abundant in Palaeozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts
 

TRILOBITE is a 9 letter word that starts with T.

 

 See Also: arthropod

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tri"lo*bite\ (tr[imac]"l[-o]*b[imac]t), n. [Cf. F.
trilobite. See {Trilobate}.] (Paleon.)
Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging
to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the
Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the
close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually
seen on each segment.

 

 

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