trifid's Usage Examples:

trifid nebula from CFHT -- very pretty.

) the calyx being trifid (three-cleft), quinquefid (five-cleft), 'c.

Polychrome The trifid nebula from CFHT -- very pretty.

A characteristic, comparable in value to that presented by the pygidial shield of Arachnida, is the frequent development of a pair of long appendages by the penultimate somite, which with the telson form a trifid, or, when that is small, a bifid termination to the body.

usually set in at an angle with the former, sometimes trifid and occasionally beautifully feathery (fig.

Synonyms:

divided,

Antonyms:

united, integrated,