Pod"ley (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A young coalfish.
Pod"o- (?). [See Foot.] A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s,
podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology.
Pod"o*branch (?), n. [See Podo-, and Branchia.] (Zoˆl.) One of the
branchiÊ attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea.
||Pod`o*bran"chi*a (?), n., pl. PodobranchiÊ (-). [NL.] (Zoˆl.) Same as
||Podobranch.
Pod"o*carp (?), n. [Podo- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) A stem, or
footstalk, supporting the fruit.
Pod`o*ceph"a*lous (?), a. [Podo- + Gr. &?; head.] (Bot.) Having a head
of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk.
||Pod`o*gyn"i*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + gynh`
||woman.] (Bot.) Same as Basigynium
||Pod`oph*thal"mi*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Podophthalmic.] (Zoˆl.) The
||stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes
||supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and
||prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda.
{ Pod`oph*thal"mic (?), Pod`oph*thal"mous (?), } a. [Podo- + Gr. &?; an
eye.] (Zoˆl.) (a) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels.
(b) Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia.
Pod`oph*thal"mite (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The eyestalk of a crustacean.
Pod`o*phyl"lin (?), n. [From Podophyllum.] (Chem.) A brown bitter gum
extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum).
It is a complex mixture of several substances.
Pod`o*phyl"lous (?), a. 1. (Zoˆl.) Having thin, flat, leaflike
locomotive organs.
2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue, made up of
laminÊ, beneath a horse's hoof.
||Pod`o*phyl"lum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + &?; leaf.]
||1. (Bot.) A genus of herbs of the Barberry family, having large
||palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two
||species, the American Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the
||Himalayan P. Emodi.
2. (Med.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum
peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug.
Pod"o*scaph (?), n. [Podo- + Gr. &?; boat.] A canoe-shaped float
attached to the foot, for walking on water.
Pod"o*sperm (?), n. [Podo- + Gr. &?; seed: cf. F. podosperme.] (Bot.)
The stalk of a seed or ovule.
||Pod`o*stom"a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + &?;,
||&?;, mouth.] (Zoˆl.) An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the
||type. See Rhabdopleura.
||Pod`o*the"ca (?), n.; pl. PodothecÊ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s,
||foot + &?; case.] (Zoˆl.) The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or
||reptile.
||Po*dri"da (?), n. [Sp., rotten.] A miscellaneous dish of meats. See
||Olla-podrida.
Po*du"ra (?), n.; pl. L. PodurÊ (#), E. Poduras (#). [NL.; Gr. poy`s,
podo`s, foot + &?; tail.] Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the
genus Podura and related genera; a springtail.
Podura scale (Zoˆl.), one of the minute scales with which the body of a
podura is covered. They are used as test objects for the microscope.
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Po*du"rid (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Any species of Podura or allied genera. -- a.
Pertaining to the poduras.
Po"e (?), n. Same as Poi.
Po"e*bird` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The parson bird.
Pú"ci*le (?), n. Same as Poicile.
Pú`ci*lit"ic (?), a. [Gr. poiki`los many-colored, variegated.] (Geol.)
(a) Mottled with various colors; variegated; spotted; -- said of
certain rocks. (b) Specifically: Of or pertaining to, or
characterizing, Triassic and Permian sandstones of red and other
colors. [Also written poikilitic.]
Pú*cil"o*pod (?), n. [Cf. F. púcilopode.] (Zoˆl.) One of the
Púcilopoda. Also used adjectively.
||Pú`ci*lop"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; variegated, manifold +
||-poda.] (Zoˆl.) (a) Originally, an artificial group including many
||parasitic Entomostraca, together with the horseshoe crabs
||(Limuloidea). (b) By some recent writers applied to the Merostomata.
Po"em (?), n. [L. poÎma, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to make, to compose, to
write, especially in verse: cf. F. poÎme.] 1. A metrical composition; a
composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank
verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction;
-- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton.
2. A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly
imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian.
Po`em*at"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;.] Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry;
poetical. [R.] Coleridge.
Po*e"na*mu (?), n. (Min.) A variety of jade or nephrite, -- used in New
Zealand for the manufacture of axes and weapons.
Pú*nol"o*gy (p*nl"*j), n. See Penology.
||Po*eph"a*ga (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. pohfa`gos grass eating; po`a
||grass + fagei^n to eat.] (Zoˆl.) A group of herbivorous marsupials
||including the kangaroos and their allies. -- Po*eph"a*gous (#), a.
Po"e*sy (?), n. [F. poÈsie (cf. It. poesia), L. poesis, from Gr. &?;.
from &?; to make. Cf. Posy.]
1. The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the
heavenly gift of poesy. Shak.