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tri⋅ga

[tree-guh, trahy-]
–noun, plural -gae [-gahy, -jee, -gee] . Classical Antiquity.
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
Compare biga, quadriga.


Origin:
< LL trīga, contr. of L trijuga, equiv. to tri- tri- + juga, fem. deriv. of jugum yoke 1
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triga

noun
type genus of the Triglidae 
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