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monopode, n. and a.|ˈmɒnəʊpəʊd|
Also -pod.
[ad. L. monopodius, a. Gr. *µονοπόδιος = µονόπους (-ποδ-), f. µόνο-ς mono- + πούς foot. Cf. F. monopode.]
1. A creature having only one foot; spec. one of a race of men fabled to have only one foot, with which they shaded themselves from the heat of the sun (see Pliny Nat. Hist. vii. ii). Also transf.
1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xxii. (1818) II. 277 Some [larvæ], a kind of monopods, have only one of such [pediform] prominences. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav., At Sea 172 The monopodes, sheltering themselves from the sun beneath their single umbrella-like foot. a1963C. S. Lewis Poems (1964) 43 Ran till the sunrise shone upon the bouncing Monopods at their heels. 1971C. Bonington Annapurna South Face App. F. 286 Each member of the team was also issued with a special clamp to fit on the head of an ice axe with a ball-and-socket attachment for the camera, which made a very useful and compact monopod. 1972Quick & LaBau Handbk. Film Production xiii. 100 A ‘monopod’ is a single fixed leg terminating in a screw base that matches the bottom of the camera.
2. = monopodium.
1890in Century Dict.
3. As adj. Having only one foot.
(Cf. L. monopodium one-footed table.)
1890in Century Dict. 1896Archæol. (Inst.) Jrnl. LIII. 42 Monopode tables for the reception of oblations. |