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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "pod":
army, bark, bay window, boll, bran, bunch, burr, capsule, case,
chaff, cod, colony, corn shuck, cornhusk, corporation, drift,
drive, drove, flock, follicle, gam, gang, herd, host, hull, husk,
jacket, kennel, legume, legumen, litter, pack, palea, paunch,
pease cod, peel, pericarp, pot, pride, rind, school, seed pod,
seed vessel, seedbox, seedcase, shell, shoal, shuck, silique, skin,
skulk, sloth, slough, trip, troop
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