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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center [syn: triskelion, triskele]

Merriam Webster's

noun see triskelion

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Triskelion Tris*kel"i*on, or Triskele Tris"kele, n. [Gr. ? three-legged. See Tri-; Isosceles.] A figure composed of three branches, usually curved, radiating from a center, as the figure composed of three human legs, with bent knees, which has long been used as a badge or symbol of Sicily and of the Isle of Man.