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-pod
[See Foot.]
A combining form or suffix from Greek poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
Pod , noun
[Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same word as pad a cushion; compare also Danish pude pillow, cushion, and also English cod a husk, pod.]
1.
A bag; a pouch. [Obsolete or Provincial English] — Tusser
2.
(Botany) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
3.
(Zoology) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.
Collocations (1)
Pod auger or pod bit , an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.
Pod , intransitive verb
To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.