Something with two teeth or prongs; a two-pronged implement or structure.
From Latin 'bi-' (two) + 'dens' (tooth). Related to 'bident' used in Roman contexts to describe a two-pronged trident or fork, contrasting with the three-pronged 'trident.'
In classical Rome, the 'bident' was Poseidon's inferior relative—while Neptune had a glamorous three-pronged trident, a bident was a humble two-pronged fishing spear, showing how even the gods' weapons reflected social hierarchy!
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