monopod
/ˈmɑnəpɑd/
noun
- A single-legged support used to hold a camera, telescope, or other device steady.
- She used a monopod to keep her camera steady during the long hike.
- The photographer attached his telephoto lens to a monopod for better stability.
- A monopod is lighter than a tripod but still helps reduce camera shake.
- A mythical creature or person with a single leg and foot.
- In medieval bestiaries, the monopod was said to use its large foot as a sunshade.
- The explorer claimed to have seen a monopod hopping through the forest.
- Stories of the monopod appear in the writings of Pliny the Elder.