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trilobite (n.)

extinct marine arthropod, 1820, from Modern Latin Trilobites (Walch, 1771), from Greek tri- "three" (see three) + lobos "lobe" (see lobe); so called because its body is divided into three lobes.

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Definitions of trilobite from WordNet

trilobite (n.)
an extinct arthropod that was abundant in Paleozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts;
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