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tri|pod «TRY pod», noun.

1. a three-legged support or stand for a camera, telescope, transit, or other instrument.

2. a stool, table, or other article having three legs.

3. in ancient Greece and Rome: a) a three-legged pot or cauldron. b) an ornamental vessel on the pattern of this, often presented as a prize, or as a votive offering.

╂[< Latin tripūs, -podis < Greek trípous, -podos (literally) threefooted < tri- three + poús, podós foot]