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==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
The family is named after its first documented member, the [[Cloaking Burrow-nit]]. Members all have hides resembling a {{w|cloak}} and a tendency to burrow under the ground. "Nit" is a name given to | The family is named after its first documented member, the [[Cloaking Burrow-nit]]. Members all have hides resembling a {{w|cloak}} and a tendency to burrow under the ground. "Nit" is a name given to {{w|head louse}}, a real-life insect. | ||
The genus ''Trilobitins'' is in reference to the prehistoric arthropods known as "{{w|trilobite}} | The genus ''Trilobitins'' is in reference to the prehistoric arthropods known as "{{w|trilobite|trilobites}}". Members most resemble horseshoe crabs. In case of the Cloaking Burrow-nit, it would be a "backwards" horseshoe crab, with its proboscis in the spot of a horseshoe crab's tail, and fake eyes in the spot where the real eyes and face would be on a horseshoe crab. | ||
===Names in other languages=== | ===Names in other languages=== |