pod-(word root) footExamples of words with the root pod-: podiatry, cephalopodAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreepod 1 (p?d)n.1. Botany a. A dehiscent fruit of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting along two sides.b. A dry, several-seeded, dehiscent fruit. Also called seedpod.2. Zoology An egg case of certain insects, especially a locust or other orthopteran.3. Geology An deposit of rock or sediment that is much longer than it is wide.4. A casing or housing forming part of a vehicle, as:a. A streamlined external housing that encloses engines, machine guns, or fuel.b. A detachable compartment on a spacecraft for carrying personnel or instrumentation.5. Something resembling a pod, as in compactness.v. pod·ded, pod·ding, pods v.intr.1. To bear or produce pods.2. To expand or swell like a pod.v.tr. To remove (seeds) from a pod.[Origin unknown.]pod 2 (p?d)n. A group of marine mammals, such as whales, or of certain other animals, such as hippopotamuses.[Origin unknown.]pod 3 (p?d)n.1. The lengthwise groove in certain boring tools such as augers.2. The socket for holding the bit in a boring tool.[Origin unknown.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.pod (p?d) n1. (Botany) a. the fruit of any leguminous plant, consisting of a long two-valved case that contains seeds and splits along both sides when ripeb. the seedcase as distinct from the seeds2. (Botany) any similar fruit3. (Aeronautics) a streamlined structure attached by a pylon to an aircraft and used to house a jet engine (podded engine), fuel tank, armament, etc4. (Civil Engineering) an enclosed cabin suspended from a cable or a big wheel, for carrying passengersvb, pods, podding or podded5. (Cookery) (tr) to remove the pod or shell from (peas, beans, etc)6. (Botany) (intr) (of a plant) to produce pods[C17: perhaps back formation from earlier podware bagged vegetables, probably from pod, variant of cod2 + ware1]pod (p?d) n (Zoology) a small group of animals, esp seals, whales, or birds[C19: of unknown origin]pod (p?d) n1. (Tools) a straight groove along the length of certain augers and bits2. (Tools) the socket that holds the bit in a boring tool[C16: of unknown origin]POD abbreviation for 1. (Commerce) pay on delivery 2. (Computer Science) print on demand Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014pod1 (p?d) n., v. pod?ded, pod?ding. n. 1. an elongated seed vessel that splits easily along the sides at maturity, as that of the pea or bean. 2. an insect egg case. 3. a streamlined enclosure, housing, or detachable container, esp. on an aircraft or other vehicle. v.i. 4. to produce pods. 5. to swell out like a pod. [1680?90; appar. back formation from podder,podware, alter. of codware bagged vegetables =cod husk, bag (compare Old English codd bag and Old Norse koddi pillow, scrotum) + -ware crops, vegetables] pod?like`, adj. pod2 (p?d) n. a small herd or school, esp. of seals or whales. [1825?35, Amer.; perhaps identical with pod1] pod3 (p?d) n. the straight groove or channel in the body of certain augers or bits. [1565?75; orig. uncertain; perhaps continuing Old English p?d covering, cloak, the socket being thought of as something that conceals (though the phonology is irregular)] pod- a combining form meaning ?foot?: podiatry. Also, esp. before a consonant,podo-.[comb. form representing Greek poús (genitive podós) foot] -pod a combining form meaning ?one having a foot? of the kind or number specified by the initial element; often corresponding to New Latin class names ending in -poda, with -pod used in English to name a single member of such a class: cephalopod. Compare -ped. [