Tripedalism (from the Latin tri = three + ped = foot) is locomotion by the use of three limbs. Real-world tripedalism is rare, in contrast to the common...
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Three-legged crow (redirect from Tripedal crow)
The three-legged (or tripedal) crow is a mythological creature in various mythologies and arts of East Asia. It is believed to inhabit and represent the...
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the same ecosystems. Parrots are the only creatures that display true tripedalism, using their necks and beaks as limbs with propulsive forces equal to...
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Star Trek's perennial antagonists, the Borg. They are noted for being a tripedal and telepathic species and for their use of biotechnology. They originated...
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legs can be lifted and brought forward in turn. The purest form of the tripedal gait is seen in insects moving at high speeds. However, this type of locomotion...
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officer assigned to the USS Enterprise as navigator. Arex was a member of a tripedal species (given as "Edosians" in Alan Dean Foster's novelizations of the...
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be a form of Caishen/Zhao Gong, God of Wealth) is associated with this tripedal toad. Various goddesses, gods, spirits, fairies, or monsters are associated...
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pedigree, peon, peonage, piedfort, piedmont, pioneer, quadruped, quadrupedal, tripedal †pediculus pedicul- pestis pest- pest pesticide, pestiferous, pestilence...
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Description Edosian Edos Edosians (aka Edoans) are a race of sentient tripedal beings. Edosians have an orange complexion, two yellow eyes, three arms...
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Edward Mounier Boxer also in 1866, are more complex and have an internal tripedal "anvil" built into the primer itself, and the corresponding case has only...
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semipedal, sesquipedal, stapes, stapedius, subpetiolate, suppedaneum, tripedal, trivet, vamp, velocipede peg-, pect- fix Greek πηγνύναι (pēgnúnai), πηκτός...
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muscular tails and their two hind legs could be looked at as an example of tripedal locomotion in animals. Many familiar animals are quadrupedal, walking or...
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white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar): A spatiotemporal analysis of the bipedal, tripedal, and quadrupedal gaits". Journal of Human Evolution. 50 (5): 552–567. Bibcode:2006JHumE...
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so-called hail cannon. Six-Legged "Running" Machine – a gas-engine powered tripedal device featuring three pairs of legs which reciprocate using a chain-driven...
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semipedal, sesquipedal, stapes, stapedius, subpetiolate, suppedaneum, tripedal, trivet, vamp, velocipede peg-, pect- fix Greek πηγνύναι (pēgnúnai), πηκτός...
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kinetic power of natural forces like volcanos, waterfalls, and storms. Tann: Tripedal humanoids from a feudalistic matriarchal theocratic monarchy led by their...
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tortoise that causes malaria"). According to an ancient tradition, the tripedal toad is the transformed Chang'e lunar deity who stole the elixir of life...
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compositions by Sam Rivers. "Point of Many Returns" - 9:20 "Dance of the Tripedal" - 10:07 "Euterpe" - 11:43 "Mellifluous Cacophony" - 8:58 "Mellifluous...
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are planted and diagonal foot pairings, whereas the Fox Trotter shows tripedal support and the Mangalarga Marchador lacks the diagonal foot pairings....
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final game. In Wright's first public demonstration of Spore, he created a tripedal reptilian creature in the creature editor (this creature was dubbed the...
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investigates the death of a professor on a world populated by trisexual tripedal aliens. Greg Costikyan reviewed Their Majesties' Bucketeers in Ares Magazine...
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who sucks in and fires the ball with his elephant-like trunk; Triffid, a tripedal robot with a magnet gun built into his head; Killer, a bipedal robot with...
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