Here's a clue: a tricycle has how many wheels ?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/08/war-of-the-words-hg-wells-coin-also-features-false-quote
The book says a tripod has "long, flexible, glittering tentacles ... swinging and rattling about its strange body".
but it has an appendage coming from below as well? One that's clearly an appendage and different from the four legs as it's segmented and has a claw.
That’s its cow grabber.
Not quite the same but reminds me of this:
S Y D N E Y, Aug. 21, 2000 -- — A dispute has broken out in Australia over an embarrassing design on the medals for next month’s Sydney Olympics which depict a Roman colosseum rather than a Greek temple...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/In
ternational/story%3fid=82843&page=1
The new yorker magazine, boss.
Otherwise entries accurate as always.