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tripod

/ˈtɹaɪpɑd/ noun B2
  1. A three-legged stand or mount. · Cameras often have tripod attachments, which help when taking steady photographs.
  2. An organism with three limbs.
  3. A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).
  4. Someone with a very large penis. (slang)

Plural tripods

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The telescope, a formidable instrument mounted upon a tripod, stood upon the flat leads of the house.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 152 · C1

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