tripod
noun/ˈtraɪpɒd/
/ˈtraɪpɑːd/
- a support with three legs for a camera, telescope, etc.Word Originearly 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek tripod-, tripous, from tri- ‘three’ + pod-, pous ‘foot’.
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