Podg"y (?), a. Fat and short; pudgy.
Pod"i*cal (?), a. [L. podex, podicis, the anus.] (Zoˆl.) Anal; --
applied to certain organs of insects.
||Pod"i*ceps (?), n. [NL., fr. L. podex, podicis, anus + pes foot.]
||(Zoˆl.) See Grebe.
||Po"di*um (?), n.; pl. Podia (#). [L., fr. Gr. &?;, dim. of &?;, &?;,
||foot. See Pew.] 1. (Arch.) A low wall, serving as a foundation, a
||substructure, or a terrace wall. It is especially employed by
||archÊologists in two senses: (a) The dwarf wall surrounding the arena
||of an amphitheater, from the top of which the seats began. (b) The
||masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation,
||sometimes containing chambers. See Illust. of Column.