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ariaceæ, or Scrophularineæ), usually having irregular didynamous flowers and a two-celled pod. The order includes the mullein, foxglove, snapdragon, figwort, painted cup, yellow rattle, and some exotic trees, as the Paulownia.

Any swimming amphipod crustacean. Storm scud. See the Note under Cloud.

An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike.

Any species of chilopod myriapods of the genus Scutigera. They sometimes enter buildings and prey upon insects.

A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.

A pteropod.

Any large cephalopod, as a large Octopus, or a giant squid (Architeuthis). See Devilfish.

Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes.

Any isopod crustacean of the genus Ligia.

Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc.

A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories.

A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.

Divided by partition or partitions; having septa; as, a septate pod or shell.

Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.

Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis.

One of the transverse partitions dividing the shell of a mollusk, or of a rhizopod, into several chambers. See Illust. under Nautilus.

An annelid having setæ; a chætopod.

The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.

A shell or husk; a cod or pod. "The green shales of a bean." Chapman.

To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Jamieson. That's a shealed peascod. Shak.