present participle of tripod

A three-legged stand or mount. / (science fiction) A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897). / (slang) A man with macrophallism.

(intransitive) To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress. / (entomology, intransitive) Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail.

plural of tripod

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tripod

Having three feet or legs. / (organic chemistry) Describing any compound in which three (of the same) functional groups are on three separate chains.

plural of tripus

simple past tense and past participle of tripod

Having three feet or legs.

Synonym of tripodic