trilobite
noun
tri·lo·bite
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Definition of trilobite
: any of numerous extinct Paleozoic marine arthropods (group Trilobita) having the segments of the body divided by furrows on the dorsal surface into three lobes
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During this period, burrowing organisms and their would-be predators like trilobites began an evolutionary arms race that may have helped spur the explosion of new forms. — Joshua Sokol, Science | AAAS, "‘Millennium Falcon’ predator soared across ocean floor at dawn of animal life," 30 July 2019 Some 290 million years ago, as the last trilobites scuttled across the seafloor, the skies above grew just a little more ominous. — Quanta Magazine, "Asteroid Rate Jumped in Solar System’s Past," 17 Jan. 2019 Ernst Haeckel’s intention was to make the natural forms of elusive organisms accessible to artists, and supply them with a new visual vocabulary of protists, mollusks, trilobites, siphonophores, fungi, and echinoderms. — The New York Review of Books, "Lucy Jakub," 16 Dec. 2018 Earlier this year, an 11-year old in Tennessee found a 475-million-year-old trilobite in exceptional condition. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Rare Set of Ancient Giant Shark Teeth Found in Australia," 9 Aug. 2018 The family reached out to a paleontologist at the nearby University of Tennessee, who was able to confirm that Taylor had found a complete trilobite. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "11-Year-Old Stumbles Across 475-Million-Year-Old Fossil," 4 May 2018 One of the most successful early animals, trilobites lived in variety of lifestyles. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "11-Year-Old Stumbles Across 475-Million-Year-Old Fossil," 4 May 2018 Think trilobites to the woolly mammoth with T. rex in between. — Susan Faust, San Francisco Chronicle, "Roundup of new children’s books," 24 May 2018 His kite was in the shape of a trilobite, an ancient marine animal that lived some 500 million years ago. — Frank Vaisvilas, Daily Southtown, "Giant sea creatures, other colorful kites take to skies over Will County during festival," 1 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'trilobite.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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