Trigonia
noun
Tri·go·nia
trīˈgōnēə
1
: a genus of pearly-shelled bivalve mollusks (suborder Arcacea) including many extinct forms which characterize the Mesozoic rocks and a few living forms which survive on the coast of Australia
2
[New Latin; from the often triangular shape of the fruit] : a genus (the type of the family Trigoniaceae) of chiefly climbing tropical American shrubs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin trigonus triangular (from Greek trigōnos) + New Latin -ia; from the shells suggesting the form of a triangle
- grapple dredge
- grapple fork
- grapple plant
- grapple shot
- grapple with
- grappled
- grappled (with)
- grappled with
- grappler
- grapplers
- grapples
- grapples (with)
- grapples with
- grappling
- grappling (with)
- grappling hook
- grappling with
- grapplings
- grapsid
- Grapsidae
- grapsoid
- Grapsus
- graptolite
- graptolites
- Graptolithida