How to pronounce trilobite
American English pronunciation
TRY-luh-byt
- IPA
- /ˈtɹaɪləˌbaɪt/
- Syllables
- TRY · luh · byt (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What trilobite means
An ancient sea creature with a three-part body, now extinct
In a sentence: At the museum, we saw a trilobite pressed into a flat gray rock.
Where it comes from: Its name comes from tri-, meaning "three," and lobe, a rounded part, for the three long sections of its body.
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