/
ˈtrʌɪfɪd/
adj.
- chiefly Biology partly or wholly split into three divisions or lobes.
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(also trefid)
(of an antique spoon) with three notches splitting the end of the handle.
Etymology
C18: from L. trifidus, from tri- ‘three’ + fid-, findere ‘split, divide’.
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