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Homalonotus

noun
Hom·a·lo·no·tus | \ˌhäməlōˈnōtəs\

Definition of Homalonotus 

: a genus of Silurian and Devonian trilobites having long indistinctly 3-lobed bodies

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New Latin, from homal- + -notus

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