tridentate

tridentate [trahy-den-teyt] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

1. having three teeth or toothlike parts or processes.

Origin of tridentate First recorded in 1745–55; trident + -ate1 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for tridentate Historical Examples of tridentate

The maxillæ; end in a tridentate lacinia as usual, though the palpi and galea I have not yet studied.

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British Dictionary definitions for tridentate tridentate tridental adjective

1. anatomy botany having three prongs, teeth, or points

Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 tridentate in Medicine tridentate [trī-dĕn′tāt′] adj.

1. Three-toothed; three-pronged.

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