(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.

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.

plural of tripus

simple past tense and past participle of tripod

present participle 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.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tripod

plural of tripod

Having three feet or legs.

Synonym of tripodic