pod
    n 1: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the
         seeds themselves) [syn: pod, cod, seedcase]
    2: a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous
       plant [syn: pod, seedpod]
    3: a group of aquatic mammals
    4: a detachable container of fuel on an airplane [syn: pod,
       fuel pod]
    v 1: take something out of its shell or pod; "pod peas or beans"
    2: produce pods, of plants

Pod \Pod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Podded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Podding.]
   To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
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-pod \-pod\ [See Foot.]
   A combining form or suffix from Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot; as,
   decapod, an animal having ten feet; phyllopod, an animal
   having leaflike feet; myriapod, hexapod.
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Pod \Pod\, n. [Probably akin to pudding, and perhaps the same
   word as pad a cushion; cf. also Dan. pude pillow, cushion,
   and also E. cod a husk, pod.]
   1. A bag; a pouch. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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   2. (Bot.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry
      dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.
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   3. (Zool.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered
      together; -- said of seals.
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   Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of
      which is straight instead of twisted.
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POD
       Plain Old Document [format]
       

POD
       Print / Publishing On Demand, "PoD"
       

pod

   Not to be confused with P.O.D..

   1.  (Allegedly from abbreviation POD for "Prince Of
   Darkness") A Diablo 630 (or, latterly, any letter-quality
   impact printer).  From the DEC-10 PODTYPE program used
   to feed formatted text to it.

   2.  Plain Old Documentation.

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