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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TRIQUETRAL

TRIQUETRAL Tri *que "tral, a.

 

Defn: Triquetrous.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

triquetral

tri que tral |trīˈkwētrəl, -ˈkwetrəl traɪˈkwitrəl |(also triquetral bone ) ▶noun Anatomy a carpal bone on the outside of the wrist, articulating with the lunate, hamate, and pisiform bones. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin triquetrus ‘three-cornered ’ + -al .

 

Oxford Dictionary

triquetral

triquetral |trʌɪˈkwɛtr (ə )l |(also triquetral bone ) ▶noun Anatomy a carpal bone on the outside of the wrist, articulating with the lunate, hamate, and pisiform bones. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin triquetrus ‘three-cornered ’ + -al .