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adj
Divided into three lobes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adjective satellite
divided into three lobes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *bheyd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *bhinédti Proto-Italic *findō Latin findō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us Latin -fidus Latin trifidusbor. English trifid From Latin trifidus, from tri- (“three”) + -fidus, form of findere (“to split”).
