Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having three lobes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Three-lobed; having three lobes or foils: noting a part divided from the apex to the middle into three sections which recede somewhat from each other.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having three lobes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having three
lobes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a leaf shape) divided into three lobes
Etymologies
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Examples
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Just behind the mandibles are the maxillæ, which are trilobate at the end, as in the three orders of insects above named.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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"In the fin whales (_Balaenoptera_) it is transversely oval or trilobate, with a projecting backward xiphoid process"
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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But the grass lights up, and, in the twistings of the flames, stands erect the Basilisk, a huge, violet serpent, with a trilobate crest and two teeth -- one above, the other below:
Tentation de saint Antoine. English Gustave Flaubert 1850
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AK6 is a trilobate kimberlite consisting of a North, Centre and South Lobe.
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I've never heard of an ICE that is more than 20% * peak* efficiency; other than the Revetec trilobate cam driven engine that peaked around 38-39% when tested in an independent lab.
Autoblog Green 2009
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"sometimes crowned with a trilobate lotus flower, or with three lotus buds; in other cases it is depicted in a shape that may well represent a fishing spear" (Blinkenberg, _op.cit. _, pp. 53 and 54).
The Evolution of the Dragon G. Elliot Smith
reesetee commented on the word trilobate
having three lobes
June 12, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word trilobate
"As a farewell present he had brought the tuan a trilobate betel box in which he might carry his coca-leaves, and a wig..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 110
March 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word trilobate
That's one hell of a title.
November 29, 2008