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Definition of trilobite noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

trilobite

noun

/ˈtraɪləʊbaɪt/

/ˈtraɪləbaɪt/

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a small sea creature that lived millions of years ago and is now a fossil
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Trilobites, from Greek tri- ‘three’ + lobos ‘lobe’.

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