TRIDENT

n. a.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.

2.
n.

A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators.

3.
n.

A three-pronged fish spear.

4.
n.

A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in the direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction. Trident bat (Zoöl.), an Asiatic rhinolophid bat (Triænops Persicus), having the nose membrane in the shape of a trident.

5.
a.

Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate.

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