podo-

variant of pod- before a consonant:

podotheca.

Related Words

pod-
podocarpus
podomere
podophyllum
podotheca

podo-|pɒdəʊ|before a vowel pod-, a. Gr. ποδο-, combining form of πούς, ποδ- a foot, an element in terms of Natural History, etc.; e.g.ˈpodobranch |-bræŋk| Zool. [Gr. βράγχια gills], a breathing organ of crustaceans attached to the legs; a foot-gill; so podobranchial |-ˈbræŋkɪəl| a., of or pertaining to podobranchs or foot-gills; podobranchiate |-ˈbræŋkɪət| a., having or provided with foot-gills (Cent. Dict. 1890); podoˈcephalous a. Bot. [Gr. κεϕαλή head], bearing a head of flowers on a long footstalk; ‖ podogynium |-ˈdʒɪnɪəm| Bot. [mod.L., f. Gr. γυνή female], = basigynium; so ˈpodogyn, -gyne [F. podogyne], in same sense; podogynous |-ˈɒdʒɪnəs| a.; poˈdology [F. podologie], the science which treats of the foot; also, a treatise on the foot; so poˈdologist; ˈpodomancy [Gr. µαντεία divination], divination from signs derived from inspection of the feet (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1895); poˈdometer = pedometer 1; † poˈdometry: see quots.; ˈpodoscaph [Gr. σκάϕος ship], a canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, or a pair of these, for moving on water; also, a water-velocipede, or boat propelled by treadles like a bicycle; hence ˈpodoscapher; poˈdoscopy = podomancy; podosomatous |-səʊmətəs| a. Zool., of or pertaining to the Podosomata or sea-spiders, an order of Arthropoda having long many-jointed legs; syn. with Pycnogonidæ; ˈpodosperm Bot. [Gr. σπέρµα seed], the stalk of a seed; = funiculus 3; podoˈstomatous a. Zool. [Gr. στόµα mouth], belonging to the Podostomata, a group of Arthropoda characterized by having a foot-like mouth; ‖ podoˈtheca Zool. [mod.L., f. Gr. θηκή sheath], the scaly leg-covering of a bird or reptile; also, the sheath covering the leg of an insect; hence podoˈthecal a.1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 182 The epipodite (so-called) of the first maxilliped represents the base, stem and lamina of a *podobranch.1858Mayne Expos. Lex., Podocephalus.., applied to plants that have flowers united into heads borne upon long peduncles..; *podocephalous.1879in Webster Suppl., Podocephalous.1858Mayne Expos. Lex., *Podogynium,..a fleshy and solid projection which..serves to support the ovary..; a *podogyne.1895Syd. Soc. Lex., Podogyn, shortened form of the word Podogynium.1818Art Preserv. Feet Pref. 7 Diseases of the Nails, Immoderate Perspiration of the Feet, &c...which merit the attention of the *Podologist.Ibid. Pref. 6 It might..be ranked under the new title of *Podology, embracing the whole Art of Preserving the Feet.1727–41Chambers Cycl., *Podometer, or Pedometer.1775in Ash.1895Podometer in Syd. Soc. Lex.1656Blount Glossogr., *Podemetry, foot measure, or a measuring by the foot.1658Phillips, Podimetry, (Greek) a measuring by the foot.1693Rymer Short View Tragedy 119 They must have played bare foot: the spectators would not have been content without seeing their Podometry.1858Chamb. Jrnl. X. 349/2 Heer Ochsner of Rotterdam..astonished his countrymen by appearing on the Maas, wearing a *podoscaph fifteen feet long on each foot, and holding a pole, flattened at one end as a paddle, in his hand.1864in Webster. [1868Lond. Society Nov. 414 The latest novelty in the velocipede line is the podoscaphe or vélocipède⁓marin.]1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl., Podoscaph, a foot boat; one in which canoe-shaped floats are attached to or support the feet.1889Pall Mall G. 9 Sept. 6/3 It bears the peculiar name of podoscaph, and is a sort of tiny raft.1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 4/2 The treatises also contain occasional digressions on onychomancy,..*podoscopy, spasmatomancy.1862Ansted Channel Isl. ii. ix. (ed. 2) 235 A species..of the curious group of *podosomatous crustaceans, resembling a transparent spider, without head or body.1819Lindley tr. Richard's Obs. Fruits & Seeds 22 When a seed bends back suddenly in a direction contrary to its *podosperm..it is reclined by its proper direction.1857Henfrey Bot. §234 A fully developed ovule is usually attached to the placenta by a short stalk, called the funiculus, podosperm, or umbilical cord.1872Coues Key N. Amer. Birds 46 The naked part of the leg is covered, like the bill, by a hardened, thickened, modified integument, which varies in texture between corneous and leathery. This is called the *podotheca.1893Newton Dict. Birds 511 The podotheca or covering of the tarsus.1890Cent. Dict., *Podothecal.

podo- /ˈpɒdəʊ/ combining form. Before a vowel pod-.

ORIGIN: Greek, combining form of pod-, pous foot: see -o-.

Of or pertaining to a foot or feet, or a footlike structure.

DERIVATIVE podocyte noun (Anatomy) each of the epithelial cells which envelop the capillaries in a kidney glomerulus, having many irregular processes which interlock with those of the other cells to form the outer layer of the filtering apparatus M20.
podoˈcytic adjective (Anatomy) of, pertaining to, or designating a podocyte or podocytes M20.
podomere noun (Zoology) each of the sections of a segmented leg or other appendage of an animal, esp. an arthropod E20.
podoscaph noun (now rare) [Greek skaphos ship] (a) a canoe-shaped float attached to the foot, or a pair of these, for moving on water; (b) a boat propelled by treadles: L19.
podoˈtheca noun (Zoology) the scaly sheath covering the legs and feet of a bird or reptile L19.
podoˈthecal adjective of, pertaining to, or designating a podetheca L19.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Prefix

Pertaining to a foot or a footlike part.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πούς (poús).

Derived terms

podocarp

podocyte

podology

English words prefixed with podo-