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triradiate

American

[trahy-rey-dee-it, -eyt] / traɪˈreɪ di ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

Also triradiated

adjective

having three rays or raylike processes.

triradiate British

/ -ˌeɪt, traɪˈreɪdɪɪt /

adjective

biology having or consisting of three rays or radiating branches

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Other Word Forms

triradiately

adverb

Etymology

Origin of triradiate

1840–50; tri- + radiate (adj.)

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triradiate

This leads to a muscular oesophagus with a triradiate lumen, which acts as a sucking pump and ends in a funnel-valve projecting into the stomach.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

The prepubic bones have a partially expanded fan-like form, and never show the triradiate shape, and are never anchylosed.

From Dragons of the Air An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles by Seeley, H. G.

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