‖ tripus
(ˈtraɪpəs)
[L. tripūs, a. Gr. τρίπους tripod.]
† 1. Obs. rare. a. = tripos 2 a. b. = tripod A. 1.
| 1670 Eachard Cont. Clergy 37 Wits..who never..were at all inspir'd from a Tripus's, Terræ-filius's, or Prævaricator's speech. 1697 Bentley 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.
| 1893 T. 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]. |