Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having three teeth or prongs.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Having three prongs; trident; tridentate.

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  • adjective Having three prongs; tridentate.

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Examples

  • The arms used by the _Gaddanes_ are frightful weapons -- long lances with tridented tips, and arrows pointed with two rows of teeth, made out of flint or sea-shells.

    The Philippine Islands John Foreman

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