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Having a head of flowers on a long peduncle, or footstalk.

Same as Basigynium

yes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda.

Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia.

The eyestalk of a crustacean.

A brown bitter gum extracted from the rootstalk of the May apple (Podophyllum peltatum). It is a complex mixture of several substances.

Having thin, flat, leaflike locomotive organs.

e palmately lobed peltate leaves and solitary flower. There are two species, the American Podohyllum peltatum, or May apple, the Himalayan P. Emodi.

A canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, for walking on water.

The stalk of a seed or ovule.

An order of Bryozoa of which Rhabdopleura is the type. See Rhabdopleura.

The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile.

A miscellaneous dish of meats. See Olla-podrida.

Any small leaping thysanurous insect of the genus Podura and related genera; a springtail. Podura scale (Zoöl.), one of the minute scales with which the body of a podura is covered. They are used as test objects for the microscope.

Any species of Podura or allied genera. -- a.

Having spinous petioles.

The entire upper surface of the foot.

An animal having feet that are not apparent.

A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.

One of the Amphipoda.