pod

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
-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.
   [1913 Webster]
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.
      [1913 Webster]

   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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pod \Pod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Podded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Podding}.]
   To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
pod

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

   1. <printer> (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. <text> {Plain Old Documentation}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1998-12-18)
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
POD
       Plain Old Document [format]
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
POD
       Print / Publishing On Demand, "PoD"
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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