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