trilobite

trilobite is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. an extinct arthropod that was abundant in Paleozoic times; had an exoskeleton divided into three parts

Common word forms

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