tri|reme

tri|reme
tri|reme «TRY reem», noun, adjective.
–n.
a ship, usually a warship, with three rows of oars on each side, one above the other. Triremes were used in ancient Greece and Rome.
–adj.
having three rows of oars.
[< Latin trirēmis < tri- three + rēmus oar]

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