trilobite
/ˈtrʌɪlə(ʊ)bʌɪt
/ /ˈtrɪlə(ʊ)bʌɪt/noun
A fossil marine arthropod that occurred abundantly during the Palaeozoic era, with a carapace over the forepart, and a segmented hind part divided longitudinally into three lobes.
- Subphylum Trilobita, phylum Arthropoda: numerous classes and orders.
- Clearly visible within the imprint were the remains of trilobites, extinct marine arthropods.
- But in fact, there are very distinct patterns found in the fossil record of trilobites.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Trilobites, from Greek tri- 'three' + lobos 'lobe'.
- pitchable
- pitch-accented
- pit chamber
- pitch and putt
- pitch and run
- pitch-and-toss
- pitch angle
- pitch axis
- pitch-back
- pitch battle
- pitch bend
- pitch-black
- pitch-blackness
- pitchblende
- pitch block
- pitch-board
- pitch-brown
- pitch-cap
- pitch-capping
- pitch chain
- pitch circle
- pitch coal
- pitch contour
- pitch control
- pitch count