[tri-skel-ee-on, -uh
n, trahy-] 
[tri-skel-ee-uh, trahy-] . | a symbolic figure consisting of three legs, arms, or branches radiating from a common center, as the device of Sicily and the Isle of Man. |
[tris-keel, trahy-skeel] .
s) three-legged (tri- tri- + skél(os) leg + -ēs adj. suffix) + -ion dim. suffix| tri·skel·i·on (trī-skěl'ē-ən, trĭ-) n. pl. tri·skel·i·a (-skěl'ē-ə) also tri·skeles A figure consisting of three curved lines or branches, or three stylized human arms or legs, radiating from a common center. [New Latin, from Greek triskelēs, three-legged : tri-, tri- + skelos, leg.] |