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triradiate
[ trahy-rey-dee-it, -eyt ]
adjective
- having three rays or raylike processes.
triradiate
/ -ˌeɪt; traɪˈreɪdɪɪt /
adjective
- biology having or consisting of three rays or radiating branches
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Derived Forms
- triˈradiately, adverb
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Other Words From
- tri·ra·di·ate·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of triradiate1
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Example Sentences
The prepubic bones have a partially expanded fan-like form, and never show the triradiate shape, and are never anchylosed.
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Some Teleosteans, like Diodon hystrix, have scales with triradiate roots from which arise long sharp spines directed backwards.
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Spicula mixed, of two different kinds, simple needles and geminate-triradiate.
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Spicula all together geminate-triradiate, with a simple stout middle rod and three arborescent shanks on each end of it.
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Spicula all geminate-triradiate, with a stout and short middle rod and three arborescent shanks on each end of it.
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