trilobate

[ trahy-loh-beyt, trahy-luh-beyt ]

/ traɪˈloʊ beɪt, ˈtraɪ ləˌbeɪt /

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adjective

having three lobes.

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Also tri·lo·bat·ed

[trahy-loh-bey-tid, trahy-luh-bey-tid] /traɪˈloʊ beɪ tɪd, ˈtraɪ ləˌbeɪ tɪd/ .

Origin of trilobate

First recorded in 1765–75; tri- + lobate

Words nearby trilobate

trill, Trilling, trillion, trillionaire, trillium, trilobate, trilobed, trilobite, trilocular, trilogy, trim

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How to use trilobate in a sentence

The importance of the trilobate form of the trilobite is very much overestimated.
The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites|Percy Edward Raymond
Cephalon trilobate, with or without compound eyes, seven or eight segments in the thorax.
The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites|Percy Edward Raymond
Cephalis trilobate, inflated, of about the same breadth and length as the tun-shaped thorax and the hemispherical abdomen.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index|Ernst Haeckel
The trilobate roof of the nave was medival, but has lately been restored.
The Shores of the Adriatic|F. Hamilton Jackson

Cephalis trilobate, separated by a deep collar constriction from the hemispherical thorax, which is twice as broad.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index|Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for trilobate

trilobate

/ (traɪˈləʊbeɪt, ˈtraɪləˌbeɪt) /

adjective

(esp of a leaf) consisting of or having three lobes or parts

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