Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Being one of three born together; born three at a time.
  • In anatomy and zoology, same as trigeminal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Born three together; being one of three born at the same birth; also, threefold.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective born three together; being one of three born at the same birth
  • adjective threefold

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Latin trigeminus born three together; tri- + geminus twin. Compare tergeminous.

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