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

Word History and Origins

Origin of trilobate¹

First recorded in 1765–75; tri- + lobate

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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