Definition of "tripod"

A three-legged stand or mount.  examples

(science fiction) A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).  examples

(slang) A man with macrophallism.

(intransitive) To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.  examples

(entomology, intransitive) Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail.