Why is the dock icon in my dock?!

I have the icon that the dock is running. The icon is in the dock and it is so annoying! i tried everything to get it away, hide it, or shut it down but it says that it's not responding, but it is. I also tried force quit and that doens't help either, Pleaseee help thanks.

What does this icon look like - can you describe it, or take a screenshot?
If you click and hold the icon, you might get a menu that shows an Options submenu. One of the selections is "show in Finder":
Does that show anything useful?

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    You can try this, may help.
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