a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to give back; &unr_; from, back again + &unr_; to give. ] (Gram.) The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, ” the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Some grammarians extend the terms protasis and apodosis to the introductory clause and the concluding clause, even when the sentence is not conditional. [ 1913 Webster ]

#), a. (Zool.) Apodal; apod. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of rodents of the family Heteromyidae, comprising the genus of kangaroo rats which live in arid regions of Mexico and the western U. S. An Australian rodent of the genus Notomys is also referred to as a kangaroo rat, as is the potoroo. See kangaroo rat
Syn. -- genus Dipodomys. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. (Zool.) Same as Gastropodous.

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the ventral or hemal side, as in vertebrates; -- opposed to neuropodous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Isopod. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Laemodipoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having long legs or feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Neuro- + -pod + -ous. ] (Zool.) Having the limbs on, or directed toward, the neural side, as in most invertebrates; -- opposed to haemapodous. G. Rolleston. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as lamellibranchiate.
Syn. -- lamellibranch, lamellibranchiate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. peristera` a pigeon + poy`s, podo`s, foot. ] (Zool.) Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Phyllopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ See Foot. ] A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Podo-, and Branchia. ] (Zool.) One of the branchiæ attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n., pl. Podobranchiæ [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Podobranch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Podo- + Gr. karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Podo- + Gr. &unr_; head. ] (Bot.) Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + gynh` woman. ] (Bot.) Same as Basigynium [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Podophthalmic. ] (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The eyestalk of a crustacean. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Podo- + Gr. &unr_; an eye. ] (Zool.) (a) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels. (b) Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Zool.) Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or composing, the layer of tissue, made up of laminæ, beneath a horse's hoof. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + fy`llon 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 Podophyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan Podophyllum Emodi. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The rhizome and rootlet of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), -- used as a cathartic drug. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Podo- + Gr. &unr_; boat. ] A canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, for walking on water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Podo- + Gr. &unr_; seed: cf. F. podosperme. ] (Bot.) The stalk of a seed or ovule. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] (Zool.) An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Podothecæ [ NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + &unr_; case. ] (Zool.) The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Pteropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Pygopodes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the rhizopods. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to a schizopod, or the Schizopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. spodo`s ashes + -mancy. ] Divination by means of ashes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to spodomancy, or divination by means of ashes. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having all four toes webbed together. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Stomatopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under the podophyllous tissue of the horse's foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the foot united with the neck; of or pertaining to the Trachelipoda. [ 1913 Webster ]