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Apollo vs Tripus - What's the difference?

apollo | tripus |

As nouns the difference between apollo and tripus

is that apollo is (astronomy) an asteroid possessing an orbit that crosses the orbit of the earth and an orbital period of over one year, with semimajor axes greater than 1 au, and perihelion distances less than 1017 au while tripus is a bachelor of arts appointed to make satirical strictures in humorous dispute with the candidates at a degree-awarding ceremony; tripos,.

As a proper noun apollo

is (greek god|roman god): the son of zeus and leto, (or jupiter and latona), and the twin brother of artemis, (or diana) oxford dictionary of world mythology'', arthur cotterell, oxford university press, 1986 he was the god of light, music, medicine, and poetry; ''webster's college dictionary , random house, 2001 and prophecy, dance, manly beauty, and more.

apollo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A very handsome young man.
  • A butterfly, also known as (mountain apollo) ().

    • tripus

    English

    Noun

    (tripodes)
  • A Bachelor of Arts appointed to make satirical strictures in humorous dispute with the candidates at a degree-awarding ceremony; tripos, .
  • A vessel (usually a pot or cauldron) resting on three legs, often given as an ornament, a prize, or as an offering at a shrine to a god or oracle; often specifically, that such vessel upon which the priestess sat to deliver her oracles at the shrine to Apollo at Delphi; tripod.
  • (zoology, in cypriniform fishes) The hindmost Weberian ossicle of the Weberian apparatus, touching the anterior wall of the swimbladder and connected by a dense, elongate ligament to the intercalarium.

    • Synonyms

    * bachelor of the stool, (equivalent at Oxford University), tripos * (three-legged vessel in Greek and Roman antiquities) tripod * (bone in fishes) malleus, malleus Weberi

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    References

    * “ ?tripus]” listed in the [2nd Ed.; 1989 * The Century Dictionary Online * Dictionary of Ichthyology, Brian W. Coad and Don E. McAllister * A Dictionary of Scientific Terms, Henderson I. F., Henderson W. D., BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009, ISBN: 1113194219, 9781113194213, p. 174 ----