trident

as in spear
a weapon that has three points and that looks like a large fork the trident of the sea god Neptune

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Recent Examples of trident Burtka opted for the likeness of Poseidon the god of the sea, carrying a trident and wearing shelled armor. Hannah Sacks, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024 The central Texas trident of communities also saw the seventh-largest numeric increase in population between 2022 and 2023. Beck Andrew Salgado, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Mar. 2024 Mbappe won't be fit enough to feature from the get go, so Ancelotti fields Vinicius Jr., Rodrygo and Endrick up front as an attacking trident. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 The trident that is the company’s emblem is a replica of the one found in the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trident 

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“Trident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trident. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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