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trilobite Definition


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trilobite
noun
    1. zool.
      Any of several types of extinct marine arthropod which had a flat oval body with an exoskeleton that was divided lengthwise into three lobes.
    2. The fossilized remains of this animal which show it to have been abundant in the Cambrian to the Permian periods.
Derivative: trilobitic
adj
    Etymology: 19c: from Greek trilobos three-lobed.



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