Trilobites fossils are arthropods, or joint-footed animals, with a segmented body of hinged plates and shields. They could curl up into a ball for protection, sometimes fossilizing as a "rolled" trilobite.
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Trilobite
//ˈtɹaɪ.ləˌbaɪt//
Synonyms for "trilobite" (3 found)
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27 translations across 23 languages.
Assamese
1 entries- তিনিভগীয়া পোক noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Catalan
1 entries- trilobit noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Chinese
2 entries- 三叶虫 noun (member of the class Trilobita)
- 三葉蟲 /三叶虫 noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Czech
1 entries- trilobit noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Esperanto
1 entries- trilobulo noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Finnish
1 entries- trilobiitti noun (member of the class Trilobita)
French
1 entries- trilobite noun (member of the class Trilobita)
German
1 entries- Trilobit noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Greek
1 entries- τριλοβίτης noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Hebrew
1 entries- טרילוביט noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Italian
1 entries- trilobite noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Japanese
1 entries- 三葉虫 noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Korean
1 entries- 삼엽충 noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Latin
1 entries- trilobītēs noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Polish
1 entries- trylobit noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Portuguese
3 entries- trilobita noun (member of the class Trilobita)
- trilobite noun (member of the class Trilobita)
- trilobito noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Romanian
1 entries- trilobit noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Russian
1 entries- трилоби́т noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Slovene
2 entries- trilobit noun (member of the class Trilobita)
- trokrpar noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Spanish
1 entries- trilobite noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Swedish
1 entries- trilobit noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Tongan
1 entries- vahesinotolu noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Ukrainian
1 entries- трилобі́т noun (member of the class Trilobita)
Sample sentences
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When you look at a Precambrian trilobite in the lobby of a New York bank, it is difficult to speculate about its primeval environment.
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