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Triga

noun

type genus of the Triglidae

• Syn: ↑genus Triga

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Triglidae, ↑family Triglidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑tub gurnard, ↑yellow gurnard, ↑Trigla lucerna

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/tree"geuh, truy"-/, n., pl. trigae /-guy, -jee, -gee/. Class. Antiq.

a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses. Cf. biga, quadriga.

[ < LL triga, contr. of L trijuga, equiv. to tri- TRI- + juga, fem. deriv. of jugum YOKE¹]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.