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单词 polypod
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polypodn.1

Brit. /ˈpɒlɪpɒd/, U.S. /ˈpɑliˌpɑd/, /ˈpɑləˌpɑd/
Forms: late Middle English pollypod, 1500s–1600s polipode, 1500s–1700s polypode, 1600s pollipode, 1600s– polypod.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French polipode.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French polipode, Middle French polypode (mid 13th cent. in Old French; French polypode ) < post-classical Latin polypodium polypodium n.; compare -pode comb. form and also -pod comb. form.Compare the following earlier example from a trilingual glossary, which contains the Anglo-Norman, but not the Middle English word (compare everfern n.):a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 556/5 Felix arboratica, i. pollipode, i. eueruern.
Originally: common polypody (polypody n.1). Now more generally: any fern of the genus Polypodium or the family Polypodiaceae. Also polypod fern.
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the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > polypodies
everferneOE
polypodya1398
polypoda1500
polypody of the oaka1500
polypodium1525
wall fern1526
brake of the wall1561
polypody of the wall1597
oak fern1844
rabbit's foot fern1886
a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 711/37 Polipodicum, a pollypod.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. 217 Heere findes he on an Oake Rheume-purging Polipode.
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva (1679) 27 Nor may we here omit to mention the Galls, Missletoe, Polypod, Agaric..Fungus's..and many other useful Excrescencies [of the oak].
1742 W. Ellis Timber-tree Improved (ed. 3) II. ii. 35 Oaken Coals, beaten and mix'd with Honey, cure the Carbuncle; to say nothing of the Viscus's, Polypods, and other Excrescencies, of which innumerable Remedies are composed.
1799 tr. B. Faujas-de-St.-Fond Trav. in Eng., Scotl., & Hebrides I. 82 The polypodes, ferns, and different plants which require coolness and the shade, are placed in appropriate situations.
1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xvi. 143 The bright green polypods and maiden's hair waved in silent feathery harmony.
1900 Bot. Gaz. 29 430 The fronds of the polypod were fine fruiting specimens from three to twelve inches high.
1960 H. S. Zim Guide to Everglades 62 Resurrection fern, a polypod, grows on trees, dries up in unfavorable weather, unrolls and grows after it rains.
1992 M. Schaffer-Fehre tr. S. Schaal & W. Ziegler Messel iv. 29/3 (caption) Pinna of Rumohra recentior, a polypod fern.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

polypodadj.n.2

Brit. /ˈpɒlɪpɒd/, U.S. /ˈpɑliˌpɑd/, /ˈpɑləˌpɑd/
Forms: 1700s–1800s polypode, 1800s– polypod.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin polypodes.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin polypodes, plural noun (1554 or earlier) < ancient Greek πολυποδ- , πολύπους many-footed < πολυ- poly- comb. form + πούς foot (see -pod comb. form; compare -pode comb. form). Compare post-classical Latin Polypoda (1710 or earlier). With senses A. 1 and B. 1 compare polypus n. 2 and polyp n. 2. In senses A. 2 and B. 2 probably after tripod n. and tripod adj.
A. adj.
1.
a. Zoology. Of an animal: having many feet; spec. of or belonging to any of various former invertebrate taxonomic groups named Polypoda and characterized as having many feet (or organs resembling feet). Now rare.The name Polypoda (now disused) was given variously to (i) arthropods with more than eight legs (myriapods); (ii) annelids with many legs (polychaetes); (iii) cephalopod molluscs with more than eight tentacles, including the nautiloids; (iv) a class erected to contain the onychophoran Peripatus, when first described as a supposed relative of molluscs.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Myriapoda > [adjective]
polypod1707
myriapod1821
myriapodal1878
myriapodan1887
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > having many feet
multipedous1654
polypod1707
multiped1736
polyped1822
polypodous1858
1707 Philos. Trans. 1706–7 (Royal Soc.) 25 2316 I doubt not but when the Animal is alive, the under part below the Cirrhi doth resemble the under part of the Mollusci of the Polypode kind.
1766 tr. C. Bonnet Contempl. Nature I. 182 Polypode zoophytes [Fr. Zoophytes polypodes], or plant-animals with many feet.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 344 Polypod... Having more than eight legs but under fifty.
1890 Cent. Dict. Polypod, having many legs, feet, arms, or rays. (a) In Crustacea, more than decapod; having more than ten and fewer than fifty legs... (b) In Mollusca, more than octopod; decapod or decacerous... (c) In Annelida, having indefinitely many foot-stumps or parapodia.
1909 Science 5 Mar. 385/2 I assume that the pedes spurii do not arise directly by transformation from the appendages of polypod ancestors.
1989 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Foucault's Pendulum lii. 311 And polypod animals which can move in all directions.
b. Entomology. Designating or relating to a form of insect larva characterized by a segmented abdomen bearing rudimentary or functional appendages (prolegs); (also) designating or relating to a phase of development characterized by such a form.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [adjective] > of young > of larva > having segmented abdomen and appendages
polypod1894
1894 Amer. Naturalist 28 226 In the Chilopods the embryo escapes from the egg with numerous ambulatory appendages, a pair to each somite. The same is true of the typical Hexapods, all later observers agreeing that a polypod precedes a hexapod condition.
1925 A. D. Imms Gen. Textbk. Entomol. 179 In the polypod phase the abdomen has acquired its complete segmentation and full number of appendages.
1942 J. Needham Biochem. & Morphogenesis ii. 464 Holometabolous insects hatch..either in the protopod stage.., or in the polypod state (e.g. the caterpillars of Lepidoptera), or in the oligopod state.., or finally in a degenerate oligopod state which is apodous (e.g. the larvae of Diptera).
1998 R. F. Chapman Insects (ed. 4) xv. 369/2 A second basic form is the polypod larva... The larvae of Lepidoptera, Mecoptera and Tenthredinidae are of the polypod type.
2. Archaeology. Of a bowl or other vessel: having several (usually more than four) feet.
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1930 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 60 59 Generally speaking, Breton pottery of this period is clearly inferior to Iberian and Baltic, no high-footed dishes and no polypod vases have been described.
1983 C. Scarre Anc. France vii. 209 In the Late Chalcolithic appears the polypod bowl, a characteristic of this period—though more especially of the Bronze Age—in the Pyrenees.
1997 Amer. Anthropologist 99 856/2 The third phase, the Guadual (about a.d. 100 to 500), represents a radical break in the ceramic tradition. Tri- and polypod feet were replaced by pedestal supports.
B. n.2
1. Zoology. An animal having many feet (or organs resembling feet); spec. (a) a woodlouse, a millipede (obsolete); (b) any of various cephalopod molluscs (obsolete). Also in extended use.No longer in scientific use. Cf. multiped n.The plural form polypodes, when used of cephalopods, is taken to represent a plural (on the Greek pattern) of polypus (see polypus n. 2a).
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > animal with many feet
multiped1601
polypod1753
polyped1822
1753 B. Martin Philos. Gram. (ed. 4) 343 Insects which change not their form, have some 6, some 8, some 14, others 24 Feet, and some many more, which are therefore call'd Polypodes, or Multipeds.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Polypode, an animal having many feet; the milleped or wood-louse.
1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea i. 11 The cachalot lives principally on cuttle-fish and polypods.
1880 R. D. Blackmore Mary Anerley III. xix. 274 Like a polypod awash, or a basking turtle.
1954 L. MacNeice Autumn Sequel v. 38 Polypods and squids and deep sea folk.
1970 Times 27 Feb. 8/7 Its own unwieldy size and diversity makes it impossible even for this polypod to control its own general direction of movement.
1994 Classical Philol. 89 250 For him [sc. Aristotle] all animals possessed of feet, whether bipeds, quadrupeds, or polypods, must have an even number of feet.
2. Archaeology. A vessel with several (usually more than four) feet.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > other vessels
mitOE
utensil1502
dinger1533
ding1595
baikie1629
caddinet1662
Betty1725
conch1839
oxybaphon1850
ampoule1947
polypod1951
1951 G. H. S. Bushnell Archaeol. Santa Elena Peninsula v. 40 Polypods..are shallow bowls supported by a number of solid pointed feet..which generally bear applied decorations in the form of a crude human face, wearing a nose ring.
1966 B. J. Meggers Ecuador v. 81 Hollow and solid polypods occur, as well as tall and low annular bases.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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