Etymology

trilobite

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Today it means: An extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita, whose body had three large lobes. Full definition →

translingual Trilobita
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromTrilobita
  2. English todaytrilobite

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

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