a. Nat. Hist. [f. TRI- + L. macula spot + -AR1.] Having or marked with three spots. So Trimaculate [mod.L. trimaculāt-us], Trimaculated adjs.
1769. Pennant, Zool., III. 206. The Trimaculated Wrasse…. On each side of the lower part of the back fin were two large spots, and between the fin and the tail another.
1888. Cassell’s Encycl. Dict., Trimacular.
