twelve-pronged

Updated: June 26, 2025

"The woman stood motionless at the prow, and from her right hand issued the flames of their torch with a hissing sound the flames which fell later in smoky clouds along the shore. A multitude of fish of strange form, fascinated by the blinding light, swam curiously about the canoe like butterflies. Taua stopped padpling, and directed his twelve-pronged harpoon toward the biggest fish.

Frederick O'Brien - Mystic Isles of the South Seas.