cephalon

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The name Trilobite, meaning three lobed one, refers to the three longitudinal lobes across the head (cephalon).

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  1. The head region; the cephalic region; specifically.
  2. In the Trilobita, the cephalic shield together with that part of the animal which it covers.
  3. The anterior portion of the body of certain crustaceans, as the Malacostraca. C. Spence Bate.

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