trilobate
or tri·lo·bat·ed
[trahy-loh-beyt, trahy-luh-beyt or trahy-loh-bey-tid, trahy-luh-bey-tid]
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adjective
having three lobes.
Origin of trilobate
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Historical Examples of trilobate
The nose is often twisted in epileptics, flattened and trilobate in cretins.
Criminal ManGina Lombroso-Ferrero
The trilobate roof of the nave was medival, but has lately been restored.
The Shores of the AdriaticF. Hamilton Jackson
Just behind the mandibles are the maxillæ, which are trilobate at the end, as in the three orders of insects above named.
Our Common InsectsAlpheus Spring Packard
The importance of the trilobate form of the trilobite is very much overestimated.
The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of TrilobitesPercy Edward Raymond
trilobate
adjective
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trilobate
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adj.
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