Meaning & use
Tridents
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Three-pronged spears, especially as carried by mythological sea gods or used as fishing or fighting weapons.
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Statues of Poseidon typically show him gripping one of his tridents.
Fishermen in the region still use small tridents to spear eels in shallow water.
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The word comes from Latin 'tridens,' literally 'three-toothed,' combining 'tri-' (three) and 'dens' (tooth).
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three-pronged spear
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