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A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals. Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.

Gout in the joints of the foot; -- applied also to gout in other parts of body.

Pertaining to the gout; gouty; caused by gout.

Gouty; podagric.

pain in the foot, due to gout, rheumatism, etc.

The foot joint; in birds, the joint between the metatarsus and the toes.

Having pods.

One who collects pods or pulse.

One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages. Brande & C.

A stalk which bears the fructification in some lichens, as in the so-called reindeer moss.

A puddle; a plash. Skinner.

Fat and short; pudgy.

Anal; -- applied to certain organs of insects.

See Grebe.

A low wall, serving as a foundation, a substructure, or a terrace wall. It is especially employed by archæologists in two senses:

A young coalfish.

A combining form or prefix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as, podocarp, podocephalous, podology.

One of branchiæ attached to the bases of the legs in Crustacea.

Same as Podobranch.

A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit.