Tri"col`ored (?), a. Having three colors.
Tri`cor*nig"er*ous (?), a. [L. tricorniger; tricornis three-horned (see
Tri-, and Horn) + -gerere to bear.] Having three horns.
{ Tri*cor"po*ral (?), Tri*cor"po*rate (?), } a. [L. tricorpor; tri-
(see Tri-) + corpus, -oris, body.] (Her.) Represented with three bodies
conjoined to one head, as a lion.
Tri*cos"tate (?), a. [Pref. tri- + costate.] (Bot.) Three-ribbed;
having three ribs from the base.
||Tri`cot" (?), n. [F.] A fabric of woolen, silk, or cotton knitted, or
||women to resemble knitted work.
||
Tri*crot"ic (?), a. [Pref. tri- + Gr. &?; to beat.] (Physiol.) Of or
pertaining to tricrotism; characterized by tricrotism.
Tri"cro*tism (?), n. (Physiol.) That condition of the arterial pulse in
which there is a triple beat. The pulse curve obtained in the
sphygmographic tracing characteristic of tricrotism shows two secondary
crests in addition to the primary.
<! p. 1538 !>
Tri"cro*tous (tr"kr*ts), a. (Physiol.) Tricrotic.
Tri*cur"vate (tr*kûr"vt), a. [Pref. tri- + curvate.] (Zoöl.) Curved in
three directions; as, a tricurvate spicule (see Illust. of Spicule).
Tri*cus"pid (?), a. [L. tricuspis, -idis; tri- (see Tri-) + cuspis a
point: cf. F. tricuspide.] 1. Having three cusps, or points;
tricuspidate; as, a tricuspid molar.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tricuspid valves; as, tricuspid
obstruction.
Tricuspid valve (Anat.), the valve, consisting of three triangular
membranous flaps, at the opening of the right auricle into the right
ventricle in the heart of most mammals; — sometimes called the
tricuspid valves, each flap being regarded as a valve.
Tricus"pid*ate (?), a. Three-pointed; ending in three points; as, a
tricuspidate leaf.
Tri"cy*cle (?), n. [Pref. tri- + cycle as inbicycle.] A three-wheeled
velocipede. See Illust. under Velocipede. Cf. Bicycle.
||Tri*dac"na (?), n. [L., pl., a kind of oysters, fr. Gr. &?; eaten at
||three bites, &?; tri- + &?; to bite.] (Zoöl.) A genus of very large
||marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and
||Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas) often weighs four or five
||hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called
||also paw shell, and fountain shell.
||
{ Tri*dac"tyl Tri*dac"tyle } (?), a. [Gr. &?;: &?; (see Tri-) + &?;
digit: cf. F. tridactyle.] (Biol.) Having three fingers or toes, or
composed of three movable parts attached to a common base.
Tri*dac"tyl*ous (?), a. (Biol.) Tridactyl.