trident
nounA long, three-pronged fork or weapon, especially a three-pronged spear used for fishing.
nounThe three-pronged spear carried by Neptune or Poseidon.
adjectiveHaving three teeth, prongs, or similar protrusions.
nounAny instrument of the form of a fork with three prongs; specifically, a three-pronged fish-spear.
nounA spear with three prongs, usually barb-pointed, forming a characteristic attribute of Poseidon (Neptune), the sea-god. See also cut under
Hence, marine sovereignty; rule over the ocean or sea.
nounIn Roman antiquity, a three-pronged spear used by the retiarius in gladiatorial combats.
nounIn geometry, a crunodal plane cubic curve having the line at infinity for one of the tangents at the node, It was discovered and named by Descartes.
adjectiveHaving three teeth or prongs; tridentate.
nounA kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, — the common attribute of Neptune.
