tri carpel lite (trikarpelit)

[L. tres (tri-), three, + NL. car pell us, carpel, + -ite2.] A fo il nut of the London clay, having three carpels. tricarpous (tri-kär'pus), a. [ tri caudal is (trī-ka-dā'lis), n.; pl. tri cauda les (-lēz). [NL. (sc. musculus ), like tails. tri caudate (trī-ka'dāt), a. [L. tres (tri-), three, + cauda, tail: see caudate.] In entom., having three tail-like proce es, as the hind margin of the posterior wing of some Lepidoptera.