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views updated May 23 2018pod1 / päd/ •
n. 1. an elongated seed vessel of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting open on both sides when ripe. ∎ the egg case of a locust. ∎ Geol. a body of rock or sediment whose length greatly exceeds its other dimensions: pods of blue quartz in Virginia. ∎ a narrow-necked purse seine for catching eels.2. a detachable or self-contained unit on an aircraft, spacecraft, vehicle, or vessel, having a particular function: the torpedo's sensor pod contains a television camera.•
v. (pod·ded, pod·ding) 1. [intr.] (of a plant) bear or form pods: the peas have failed to pod.2. [tr.] remove (peas or beans) from their pods prior to cooking.DERIVATIVES: pod·like / -ˌlīk/ adj.pod2 •
n. a small herd or school of marine animals, esp. whales.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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views updated Jun 27 2018pod A
fruit that
dehisces down both sides into 2 separate valves, which are most typically dry and somewhat woody. Pods are the characteristic fruit of the
Leguminosae.
A Dictionary of Plant Sciences MICHAEL ALLABY
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views updated Jun 11 2018pod XVII. prob. back-formation from dial.
podware,
podder (XVI), of unkn. orig., which succeeded to †
codware (XIV; see
COD1,
WARE1).
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
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views updated May 17 2018POD pay on death
• pay(ment) on delivery
• (ital.) Pocket Oxford Dictionary
• port of debarkation
• (USA)
Post Office Department
The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH
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views updated May 21 2018Pod
a small herd or school of birds or mammals; a small herd of seal or whales.
Examples : pod of birds; of coots, 1832; of porpoises; of seals, 1897; of sperm whales, 1840; of whales, 1898; of whiting.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms
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views updated May 18 2018Pod Computing power-on diagnostics
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