trifid

trifid
['trʌɪfɪd]
adjective
1》 chiefly Biology partly or wholly split into three divisions or lobes.
2》 (also trefid) (of an antique spoon) with three notches splitting the end of the handle.
Origin
C18: from L. trifidus, from tri- 'three' + fid-, findere 'split, divide'.

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