Meanings
nountrilobite (plural trilobites)
plural trilobites
- An extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita, whose body had three large lobes.
When you look at a Precambrian trilobite in the lobby of a New York bank, it is difficult to speculate about its primeval environment.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 209
Origin
- translingualTrilobita
- Englishtrilobite
Borrowed from translingual Trilobita. By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + lobe + -ite (“mineral, individual”), literally “three-lober”.
More words from translingual
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan trilobit
- trilobitmember of the class Trilobita
Chinese Mandarin 三葉蟲 /三叶虫
- 三葉蟲 /三叶虫 (sānyèchóng)member of the class Trilobita
Czech trilobit
- trilobitmember of the class Trilobita
Dutch trilobiet
- trilobietmember of the class Trilobita
Esperanto trilobulo
- trilobulomember of the class Trilobita
Finnish trilobiitti
- trilobiittimember of the class Trilobita
French trilobite
- trilobitemember of the class Trilobita
German Trilobit
- Trilobitmember of the class Trilobita
Greek τριλοβίτης
- τριλοβίτης (trilovítis)member of the class Trilobita
Hebrew טרילוביט
- טרילוביט (trilobit)member of the class Trilobita
Italian trilobite
- trilobitemember of the class Trilobita
Japanese 三葉虫
- 三葉虫 (san’yōchū)member of the class Trilobita
Korean 삼엽충
- 삼엽충 (samyeopchung)member of the class Trilobita
Latin trilobītēs
- trilobītēsmember of the class Trilobita
Polish trylobit
- trylobitmember of the class Trilobita
Portuguese trilobita, trilobite
- trilobitamember of the class Trilobita
- trilobitemember of the class Trilobita
- trilobitomember of the class Trilobita
Romanian trilobit
- trilobitmember of the class Trilobita
Russian трилоби́т
- трилоби́т (trilobít)member of the class Trilobita
Spanish trilobite
- trilobitemember of the class Trilobita
Swedish trilobit
- trilobitmember of the class Trilobita
Ukrainian трилобі́т
- трилобі́т (trylobít)member of the class Trilobita
Cite this entry
APA
trilobite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trilobite
MLA
“trilobite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trilobite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trilobite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trilobite.
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