In families without tarsal structures, members move by having only three legs touching the water at any one time (aka tripodal). From Wordnik.com. [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference
They stood behind a cart that held a tripodal framework. From Wordnik.com. [Cadmian's Choice]
Its expansiveness might be explained by the number of tripodal Sessrimathe, who seemed to be everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Lost And Found]
Who knows... maybe there is another set of rules in a different galaxy where the norm is a tripodal three legs and one eye instead of two. From Wordnik.com. [Reference
With their rounded but roughly triangular bodies facing forward, he could clearly make out the three legs that provided sturdy tripodal support. From Wordnik.com. [Lost And Found]
There are seven suspects: one human; a Thrale, political enemies of humans; and five tripodal Gaborians, one of those the victim's doctor, one his successor. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Alien Crimes edited by Mike Resnick] Reference
As the transport efficiently piloted itself, Cheloradabh was able to assume a comfortable tripodal stance of relaxation and reply to their questions at leisure. From Wordnik.com. [Lost And Found]
However, I've published four stories (a fifth will appear this year in Neo-Opsis) about the Arakans, a tripodal space-conquering race who eat the brains of their enemies. From Wordnik.com. [An interview with Hayden Trenholm] Reference
It's a shame I don't get takeout from Pizza Hut - the little tripodal dollhouse-size coffee tables they used to keep the center of the box lid off the pizza would almost be perfect. From Wordnik.com. [book (outgoing&incoming), mail, web, projects] Reference
The August issue of Scientific American explains how it is possible to swim in curved space-time, and it seems that a tripodal creature, not totally dissimilar in motion to a toad swimming backwards, is ideal for this type of activity. From Wordnik.com. [Jean Toad and swimming in space-time] Reference
After the 9 / 11, our tripodal strategy came tumbling down like a house of cards. From Wordnik.com. [Pat Dollard | Young Americans] Reference
The tripodal national defence strategy meant maintaining a good 90 per cent of our military assets - including the two strike Corps and Corps X, XXX, IV and XXXI - in the east, sustaining the Taliban in the West in order to project power into Afghanistan plus our nuclear deterrent. From Wordnik.com. [Pat Dollard | Young Americans] Reference
There are additional facts which point to land progression, such as the point in the tail where the flexible structure suddenly becomes rigid, as shown in the diagram of vertebræ below; the component joints are so solid and flattened on the lower surface that they seem to demonstrate fitness to support partly the body in a tripodal position like that of a kangaroo. From Wordnik.com. [Dinosaurs With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections] Reference
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