-pod

6 definitions found

-pod - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  -pod \-pod\ [See Foot.]
     A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as,
     decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal
     having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
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  Pod \Pod\, n. [Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same
     word as pad a cushion; cf. also Dan. pude pillow, cushion,
     and also E. cod a husk, pod.]
     1. A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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     2. (Bot.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry
        dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
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     3. (Zool.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered
        together; -- said of seals.
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     Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of
        which is straight instead of twisted.
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  Pod \Pod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Podded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Podding.]
     To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
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-pod - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  POD
         Plain Old Document [format]
         

  POD
         Print / Publishing On Demand, "PoD"
         

-pod - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "pod":
     army, bark, bay window, boll, bran, bunch, burr, capsule, case,
     chaff, cod, colony, corn shuck, cornhusk, corporation, drift,
     drive, drove, flock, follicle, gam, gang, herd, host, hull, husk,
     jacket, kennel, legume, legumen, litter, pack, palea, paunch,
     pease cod, peel, pericarp, pot, pride, rind, school, seed pod,
     seed vessel, seedbox, seedcase, shell, shoal, shuck, silique, skin,
     skulk, sloth, slough, trip, troop