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- adjective Having three
forks orprongs .
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Examples
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The face is pure cougar, but the three-forked eye pattern of the Underworld surrounds his fierce yellow eyes.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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The face is pure cougar, but the three-forked eye pattern of the Underworld surrounds his fierce yellow eyes.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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“He turned into a giant snake, with eyes of gold and a three-forked rainbow-colored tongue.”
Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010
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“He turned into a giant snake, with eyes of gold and a three-forked rainbow-colored tongue.”
Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010
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“He turned into a giant snake, with eyes of gold and a three-forked rainbow-colored tongue.”
Black Magic Cherry Adair 2010
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Jove is depicted with three-forked lightning; Neptune bears a trident; Pluto has his three-headed dog.
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Ovid speaks of Zeus as of one whose hand is armed with three-forked fires, --
The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886 Various
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The other hand bore a huge shell and a three-forked sceptre, emblems of her dominion upon the element, which supported the cloud upon which she came.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3) James Athearn Jones
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The Egyptians, to denote navigation, and the return of the Phœnician fleet, which annually visited their coast, used the figure of an Osīris borne on a winged horse, and holding a three-forked spear, or harpoon.
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway
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It is remarkable for the light colour of its bark, which is yellow inside, and for its three-forked spines.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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