triffid
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- noun
- /ˈtrɪfɪd/
- Literature
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trífido
- In Wyndham's story, the triffids could communicate where food was by clacking woody growths against their bases.
Examples
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A simple method had been found to destroy the triffids.
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Vast bands of triffids are roaming the area.
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I was in the backyard, looking for a triffid of my own in the garden.
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The original triffid, the kind I saw in a greenhouse years ago, was known to have come to Earth on a meteorite.
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In 24 hours the vicinity will be swarming with triffids.
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The triffids attacked the unsuspecting campers, proving their dangerous nature.
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In the horror novel, the protagonist must evade the deadly triffids that hunt humans.
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Farmers were terrified when the triffids overran their fields, threatening their livestock.
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Etymology
Triffid was invented by writer John Wyndham for a walking, dangerous plant in his novel 'The Day of the Triffids'. A helpful way to remember it is to hear the name like tree plus something fierce, a plant that 'moves and attacks', so triffid now means a fictional moving, dangerous plant.