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octopus

━ noun (octopuses) 1 any of about 150 species of marine mollusc, found mainly in tropical regions, with a soft rounded body, no external shell, and eight arms, each of which bears two rows of suckers. 2 a person or organization, etc with widespread, often harmful or destructive, influence. 3 a fairground ride that approximately resembles the form of an octopus, with a set of rotating spokes or ‘arms’ from which passenger cars are suspended. <div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> Late 19c in sense 2; 18c: Latin, from Greek oktopous, from okto eight + pous foot.

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onlooker

━ noun someone who watches and does not take part; an observer <div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 17c.

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pedestrian

━ noun someone travelling on foot, especially in a street; someone who is walking ━ adj 1 referring to, or for, pedestrians 2 dull; unimaginative; uninspired <div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 18c: from Latin pedester on foot.

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spectator

━ noun someone who watches an event or incident <div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 16c: Latin, from spectare to look.

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triangular

━ adj 1 shaped like a triangle. 2 said of an agreement, treaty, competition, etc: involving three people or parties.

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triathlon

━ noun an athletic contest that consists of three events, usually swimming, running and cycling <div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 1970s: from TRI- and modelled on DECATHLON.

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tricycle

━ noun 1 a three-wheeled, usually pedal-driven vehicle. Often shortened to trike. 2 formerly a light, three-wheeled car designed to be used by a disabled person. ━ verb (tricycled, tricycling) intrans to ride a tricycle <div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 19c: French, from Greek kuklos circle.

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tripod

━ noun 1 a type of stand that has three legs and which is designed for supporting something, eg a camera, compass, etc. 2 a stool or table with three legs or feet. 3 Greek hist a pot with three legs at the shrine of Apollo at Delphi where the priestess sat to deliver oracles. <div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 17c: from Greek tripous three-footed.

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bystander

━ noun a person who happens to be standing by, who sees but does not take part in what is happening; an onlooker <div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> 17c.

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african

━ adj belonging or relating to the continent of Africa, its inhabitants, or their languages ━ noun a citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Africa <div id="Blank_10"></div><img src="http://image.hanmail.net/hanmail/fireball/dic/2005/b_history.gif" width="27" height="18" align="absmiddle"> Anglo-Saxon as noun in plural: from Latin Africanus.

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