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podo-|pɒdəʊ|
before a vowel pod-, a. Gr. ποδο-, combining form of πούς, ποδ- a foot, an element in terms of Natural History, etc.; e.g.
ˈpodobranch |-bræŋk| Zool. [Gr. βράγχια gills], a breathing organ of crustaceans attached to the legs; a foot-gill; so podobranchial |-ˈbræŋkɪəl| a., of or pertaining to podobranchs or foot-gills; podobranchiate |-ˈbræŋkɪət| a., having or provided with foot-gills (Cent. Dict. 1890); podoˈcephalous a. Bot. [Gr. κεϕαλή head], bearing a head of flowers on a long footstalk; ‖ podogynium |-ˈdʒɪnɪəm| Bot. [mod.L., f. Gr. γυνή female], = basigynium; so ˈpodogyn, -gyne [F. podogyne], in same sense; podogynous |-ˈɒdʒɪnəs| a.; poˈdology [F. podologie], the science which treats of the foot; also, a treatise on the foot; so poˈdologist; ˈpodomancy [Gr. µαντεία divination], divination from signs derived from inspection of the feet (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1895); poˈdometer = pedometer 1; † poˈdometry: see quots.; ˈpodoscaph [Gr. σκάϕος ship], a canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, or a pair of these, for moving on water; also, a water-velocipede, or boat propelled by treadles like a bicycle; hence ˈpodoscapher; poˈdoscopy = podomancy; podosomatous |-səʊmətəs| a. Zool., of or pertaining to the Podosomata or sea-spiders, an order of Arthropoda having long many-jointed legs; syn. with Pycnogonidæ; ˈpodosperm Bot. [Gr. σπέρµα seed], the stalk of a seed; = funiculus 3; podoˈstomatous a. Zool. [Gr. στόµα mouth], belonging to the Podostomata, a group of Arthropoda characterized by having a foot-like mouth; ‖ podoˈtheca Zool. [mod.L., f. Gr. θηκή sheath], the scaly leg-covering of a bird or reptile; also, the sheath covering the leg of an insect; hence podoˈthecal a.
1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 182 The epipodite (so-called) of the first maxilliped represents the base, stem and lamina of a *podobranch.
1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Podocephalus.., applied to plants that have flowers united into heads borne upon long peduncles..; *podocephalous. 1879in Webster Suppl., Podocephalous.
1858Mayne Expos. Lex., *Podogynium,..a fleshy and solid projection which..serves to support the ovary..; a *podogyne. 1895Syd. Soc. Lex., Podogyn, shortened form of the word Podogynium.
1818Art Preserv. Feet Pref. 7 Diseases of the Nails, Immoderate Perspiration of the Feet, &c...which merit the attention of the *Podologist.
Ibid. Pref. 6 It might..be ranked under the new title of *Podology, embracing the whole Art of Preserving the Feet.
1727–41Chambers Cycl., *Podometer, or Pedometer. 1775in Ash. 1895Podometer in Syd. Soc. Lex.
1656Blount Glossogr., *Podemetry, foot measure, or a measuring by the foot. 1658Phillips, Podimetry, (Greek) a measuring by the foot. 1693Rymer Short View Tragedy 119 They must have played bare foot: the spectators would not have been content without seeing their Podometry.
1858Chamb. Jrnl. X. 349/2 Heer Ochsner of Rotterdam..astonished his countrymen by appearing on the Maas, wearing a *podoscaph fifteen feet long on each foot, and holding a pole, flattened at one end as a paddle, in his hand. 1864in Webster. [ 1868Lond. Society Nov. 414 The latest novelty in the velocipede line is the podoscaphe or vélocipède⁓marin.] 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl., Podoscaph, a foot boat; one in which canoe-shaped floats are attached to or support the feet. 1889Pall Mall G. 9 Sept. 6/3 It bears the peculiar name of podoscaph, and is a sort of tiny raft.
1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 4/2 The treatises also contain occasional digressions on onychomancy,..*podoscopy, spasmatomancy.
1862Ansted Channel Isl. ii. ix. (ed. 2) 235 A species..of the curious group of *podosomatous crustaceans, resembling a transparent spider, without head or body.
1819Lindley tr. Richard's Obs. Fruits & Seeds 22 When a seed bends back suddenly in a direction contrary to its *podosperm..it is reclined by its proper direction. 1857Henfrey Bot. §234 A fully developed ovule is usually attached to the placenta by a short stalk, called the funiculus, podosperm, or umbilical cord.
1872Coues Key N. Amer. Birds 46 The naked part of the leg is covered, like the bill, by a hardened, thickened, modified integument, which varies in texture between corneous and leathery. This is called the *podotheca. 1893Newton Dict. Birds 511 The podotheca or covering of the tarsus.
1890Cent. Dict., *Podothecal. |