tripteral
adjective
trip·ter·al
\ˈtriptərəl\
Definition of tripteral
: having three rows of columns the later temple … tripteral at the ends — D. S. Robertson — compare dipteral
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Origin and Etymology of tripteral
Greek tripteros having three wings (from tri- three + -pteros -pterous) + English -al
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