monopod
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monopod
- /ˈmɑ.nə.pɑd/
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From mono- + -pod.
noun monopods
- A portable stand with one leg, used to support a camera or telescope. Another neat device is a kind of monopod (if we may coin a word), which is adjusted against the hub of the wheel by means of a Y-top, and has adjustable extension to reach to the ground. This sliding brass foot telescopes and shuts up into a length of only about sixteen inches, making a very effecti
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Someone or something that has only one foot or foot-like projection; especially, a mythological dwarf-like creature with a single, large foot extending from a leg centred in the middle of its body.
Vnto what end like wiſe ſhould I ſpeak of thoſe blind Andabates that fight without eyes, or of thoſe great eared people the Faneſii, whoſe ears ſhadowed and couered their whole body? or of the Monopods, which in like manner ſhadow their whole body with one foote?
Similar: uniped
Similar: unipod
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Similar: unipod
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Talk about this word "monopod." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/monopod. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. monopod. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/monopod "monopod." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/monopod.
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@misc{monopod_2026,
title = {monopod},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monopod},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
