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Meaning of 'trident' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Trident [ a.]
- Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate.
2 . Trident [ n.]
- A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, -- the common attribute of Neptune.
- A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators.
- A three-pronged fish spear.
- A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction.

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