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Definition: TRILOBITE |
TRILOBITENoun1. Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment. |
Date "TRILOBITE" was first used: 1832. (references) |
Etymology: Trilobite \Tri"lo*bite\ (tr[imac]"l[-o]*b[imac]t), noun. [Compare to the French expression trilobite. See Trilobate.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A primitive, extinct crustacean, occurring throughout the Paleozoic and abundant in the earlier Paleozoic periods, characterized by a segmentedbody divided by longitudinal grooves into three lobes. (references) |
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Crosswords: TRILOBITE |
| English words defined with "TRILOBITE": Glabellum ♦ Pygidium. (references) |
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| "TRILOBITE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TRILOBITE" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 40 | 54,274 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
trilobite | 128 |
fossil trilobite | 17 |
electrolux trilobite | 9 |
trilobite vacuum | 4 |
picture trilobite | 3 |
anticosti trilobite | 3 |
bed beechers trilobite | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TRILOBITE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | trilobite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trilobite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | δΈθθ« . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | γγ"γγγ‘γ γ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ilobitetray trilobit. (various references) trilobite. (various references) trilobit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | tri-. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "TRILOBITE": trilobites. (additional references) | |
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"TRILOBITE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trilbied, triloba, trilobatum, trilobita, trilobyte, trolobite, trylobyte. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-i-l-o-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: blottier, libretti, libretto, troilite. | |
-2 letters: biotite, bittier, blotter, bottler, brittle, tortile, triolet. | |
-3 letters: bettor, bitter, boiler, boleti, bolter, bottle, iolite, litter, loiter, oilier, reboil, riblet, tilter, toiler, toilet. | |
-4 letters: birle, biter, blite, boite, botel, britt, broil, liber, libri, lirot, liter, litre, lotte, obeli, oiler, orbit, oribi, oriel, otter, relit, reoil, roble, rotte, teloi, tiler. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-i-l-o-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: trilobites. | |
+3 letters: interorbital, obliterating, obliteration, obliterative, tolerability. | |
+4 letters: bacteriolytic, biotelemetric, exportability, liberationist, obliterations, overstability, portabilities, rehabilitator, triboelectric. | |
+5 letters: bacteriologist, bioelectricity, biotelemetries, contributively, convertibility, intolerability, liberationists, postliberation, rehabilitation, rehabilitators, streptobacilli, thermolability, tolerabilities. | |
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