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trilobite

tri·lo·bite

US/ˈtɹaɪ.ləˌbaɪt/ uncommon

noun

1.

an extinct arthropod that was abundant in Palaeozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts

Origin

Borrowed from translingual Trilobita. By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + lobe + -ite (“mineral, individual”), literally “three-lober”.

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