Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Radiating in three directions; sending off three rays or processes; trifurcate.
- In anatomy, specifically noting one of the lateral fissures of the brain.
- In sponges, noting a type of spicule. See II.
- noun A triradiate sponge-spicule.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having three rays.
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- adjective Having
three rays .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Although this particular result may be due to the limited sampling of avian taxa, the presence of a deinonychosaurian key feature (a hyperextendible second toe) and the absence of two avian key features a triradiate palatine (3) and a fully reversed first toe in Archaeopteryx challenges the monophyly of Aves as currently recognized.
New Archaeopteryx fossil provides further insight into bird, dinosaur evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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The root (radix penis) of the penis is triradiate in form, consisting of the diverging crura, one on either side, and the median urethral bulb.
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In the articulations of the heads of the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth ribs, each of which articulates with a single vertebra, the triradiate arrangement does not exist; but the fibers of the ligament in each case are connected to the vertebra above, as well as to that with which the rib articulates.
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This figure shows the cerebrum still more enlarged, and with a triradiate cavity (l, 1, 2. 3
The Common Frog 1874
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