Definition of "trifid" []

• Divided or cleft into three narrow parts or lobes: a trifid tail; a trifid organ. (adjective)

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• "The case of the "trifid" nebula in Sagittarius, investigated by Holden in 1877, is less easily disposed of."
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• "El – Yitm, appeared to be of great height; we all remarked its towering stature and trifid headpiece, apparently upwards of five thousand feet high, before we had heard the tale attached to it."