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trilobate

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

adjective

  1. having three lobes.


trilobate

/ ˈtraɪləˌbeɪt; traɪˈləʊbeɪt /

adjective

  1. (esp of a leaf) consisting of or having three lobes or parts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of trilobate1

First recorded in 1765–75; tri- + lobate
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Example Sentences

The importance of the trilobate form of the trilobite is very much overestimated.

Cephalon trilobate, with or without compound eyes, seven or eight segments in the thorax.

Cephalis trilobate, inflated, of about the same breadth and length as the tun-shaped thorax and the hemispherical abdomen.

The trilobate roof of the nave was medival, but has lately been restored.

Cephalis trilobate, separated by a deep collar constriction from the hemispherical thorax, which is twice as broad.

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