TRIDENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trident mean? 

• TRIDENT (noun)
  The noun TRIDENT has 1 sense:

1. a spear with three prongs

  Familiarity information: TRIDENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIDENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A spear with three prongs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("trident" is a kind of...):

lance; shaft; spear (a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon)

Meronyms (parts of "trident"):

prong (a pointed projection)

 Context examples 

Can it be woman? Can it be Neptune? Or a trident? or a mermaid? or a shark?

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Affected individuals exhibit short stature caused by rhizomelic shortening of the limbs, characteristic facies with frontal bossing and mid-face hypoplasia, exaggerated lumbar lordosis, limitation of elbow extension, genu varum, and trident hand.

(Achondroplasia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)