tripus

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Synonyms: tripos, trips, tripas, tribus, tripes

Antonyms: tripos, trips, tripas, tribus, tripes

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|historical|rare}} 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]].
2. {{lb|en|zoology|in [[cypriniform]] fishes}} 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]].
3. {{lb|en|Cambridge University|obsolete|rare|capitalised when used as a title}} A [[Bachelor of Arts]] appointed to make [[satirical]] [[stricture]]s in humorous dispute with the candidates at a degree-awarding ceremony.

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