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Tripus
Meaning
Noun
●
In History:
A Bachelor of Arts
appointed
to make
satirical
strictures
in
humorous
dispute
with the
candidates
at a degree-awarding
ceremony
;
tripos
, prevaricator.
●
A
vessel
(usually a
pot
or
cauldron
)
resting
on three
legs
, often given as an
ornament
, a
prize
, or as an
offering
at a
shrine
to a
god
or
oracle
; often
specifically
, that such
vessel
upon which the
priestess
sat
to
deliver
her
oracles
at the
shrine
to Apollo at Delphi; tripod.
●
In Zoology:
The hindmost Weberian
ossicle
of the Weberian
apparatus
,
touching
the
anterior
wall
of the
swimbladder
and
connected
by a
dense
,
elongate
ligament
to the intercalarium.
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Synonyms
Malleus
Tripod
Prevaricator
Tripos
Terrae Filius
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