1. (n.) A bag; a pouch.

2. (n.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit.

3. (n.) A considerable number of animals closely clustered together; -- said of seals.

4. (v. i.) To swell; to fill; also, to produce pods.

5. (n.) 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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