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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An athletic contest in which participants compete without stopping in three successive events, usually long-distance swimming, bicycling, and running.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[tri– + (dec)athlon.]

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