trident

as in spear
a weapon that has three points and that looks like a large fork the trident of the sea god Neptune

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Recent Examples of trident The blind brackets on every window are shaped as a trident, the country’s national symbol, placed deliberately in the eyeline of soldiers lying in their beds. Alex Platt, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024 He is often seen with a trident and is married to Amphitrite, a sea nymph. Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024 And Sonny joined in the Bravo 1 pile-on after learning about the whole trident thing. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024 And the trident tooth provides a clue to modern ancestors. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for trident 

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“Trident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trident. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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