-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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

2. (Bot.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous.

3. (Zo["o]l.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.

Pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of which is straight instead of twisted.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Pod \Pod\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Podded; p. pr. & vb. n. Podding.]

To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)