Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having three feet or legs; tripodal.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Three-footed: as, a tripedal stand.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having three feet.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having three feet.

Etymologies

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Latin tripedalis; tri- + pes, pedis, a foot.

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Examples

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  • It is this noisy, confused, tripedal creature that has assumed control over the medical market.

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