trireme
noun/ˈtraɪriːm/
/ˈtraɪriːm/
- a long flat ship with three rows of oars on each side, used in war by the ancient Greeks and RomansWord Originfrom Latin triremis, from tri- ‘three’ + remus ‘oar’.
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