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trireme

tri·reme [ tr rm ] (plural tri·remes)


noun 
Definition:
 
ancient galley: a galley, originally used by the ancient Greeks as a warship and later adopted by the Romans, that had three rows of oars on each side, arranged one above the other

[Early 17th century. Directly or via French trirème< Latin triremis "having three banks of oars" < remus "oar"]
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