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‖ tripus|ˈtraɪpəs| [L. tripūs, a. Gr. τρίπους tripod.] †1. Obs. rare. a. = tripos 2 a. b. = tripod A. 1.
1670Eachard Cont. Clergy 37 Wits..who never..were at all inspir'd from a Tripus's, Terræ-filius's, or Prævaricator's speech. 1697Bentley Phal. (1699) 458 Gelon..made a Golden Tripus of xvi Talents, and sent it to Delphi and Donary to Apollo. 2. Zool. A bone in the Weberian ossicles of cypriniform fishes, linking the ear and the swim-bladder.
1893T. W. Bridge in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. CLXXXIV. 83 The horizontal process moves backwards or forwards with the lateral motion of the tripus. 1962,1970[see intercalarium 2]. |