Podetium
(||Po*de"ti*um) n.; pl. Podetia E. Podetiums [NL., fr. Gr. foot.] (Bot.) A stalk which bears
the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss.
Podge
(Podge) n. [Cf. G. patsche puddle, mire.]
1. A puddle; a plash. Skinner.
2. Porridge. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Podgy
(Podg"y) a. Fat and short; pudgy.
Podical
(Pod"i*cal) a. [L. podex, podicis, the anus.] (Zoöl.) Anal; — applied to certain organs of insects.
Podiceps
(||Pod"i*ceps) n. [NL., fr. L. podex, podicis, anus + pes foot.] (Zoöl.) See Grebe.
Podium
(||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 archæologists 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.
2. (Zoöl.) The foot.
Podley
(Pod"ley) n. (Zoöl.) A young coalfish.
Podo-
(Pod"o-) [See Foot.] A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp,
podocephalous, podology.
Podobranch
(Pod"o*branch) n. [See Podo-, and Branchia.] (Zoöl.) One of the branchiæ attached to the
bases of the legs in Crustacea.
Podobranchia
(||Pod`o*bran"chi*a) n., pl. Podobranchiæ [NL.] (Zoöl.) Same as Podobranch.
Podocarp
(Pod"o*carp) n. [Podo- + Gr. karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit.
Podocephalous
(Pod`o*ceph"a*lous) a. [Podo- + Gr. head.] (Bot.) Having a head of flowers on a long
peduncle, or footstalk.
Podogynium
(||Pod`o*gyn"i*um) n. [NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + gynh` woman.] (Bot.) Same as
Basigynium
Podophthalmia
(||Pod`oph*thal"mi*a) n. pl. [NL. See Podophthalmic.] (Zoöl.) 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.
Podophthalmic
(Pod`oph*thal"mic Pod`oph*thal"mous) a. [Podo- + Gr. an eye.] (Zoöl.) (a) Having the
eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels. (b) Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia.
Podophthalmite
(Pod`oph*thal"mite) n. (Zoöl.) The eyestalk of a crustacean.
Podophyllin
(Pod`o*phyl"lin) n. [From Podophyllum.] (Chem.) A brown bitter gum extracted from the
rootstalk of the May apple It is a complex mixture of several substances.
Podophyllous
(Pod`o*phyl"lous) a.
1. (Zoöl.) Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs.
