Podalyrleae 
genera, tee Podalyrin (the type). BaptMa (the only genus 
In the utrn United BUtes), PiplanUita, Piittauea, Jack- 
wma, uid Oomflwlobium. 
podanencephalia (pod-an-en-se-fa'li-tt), n. 
[NL.. < <ii-. TI'T (rrort-), = E.foot, + NL. 'anen- 
cephalia, q. v.] In teratol., aneneephalia with 
a peduucmated head. 
Podargidae (po-dar'ji-de), n. pi. [NL., < Po- 
itiinjux + -iil.T.] A family of fissirostral pica- 
nan birds, typified by the genus Podargus, re- 
lated to the Caprimulgidee, and usually included 
in that family. They hare very broad palatine bones 
with posterolatcral processes, rudimentary baslpterygold 
processes, no elKodochon or oil-gland, and a pair of pow- 
iler-duwn tracts, one on each side of the rump. These 
podje 
a magistrate: nee potentate.] One of certain Podiceps (pod'i-seps), n. The original and usual 
magistrates in Italy, (a) A foreign magistrate, placed form of Poditipe*. 
by the emperor Frederick Barbarous, ov 
b L the WTS^SS "P***^ ov f vari< ""i talla n podices, . Plural of podex. 
cities. (*) A chief magistrate in Italian towns and in me- bnJj-in-jjj ,..,.,.14; _ A'IAI\ , 
dieval republics, often clothed with nearly despotic power i'OfllClpeOiaae (pod l-si-ped 1-dS), . 
His functions were largely judicial. < Podicipes (-ped-) + -idee.] A f am 
pi. [NL., 
ily of birds 
birds are confined to the Oriental and Australian regions ; 
some of them are known as /rwjmmithn, from the great podesterate (po-fl 
breadth and deep Assure of the beak. They are nocturnal 
and insectivorous, and resemble goatsuckers and owls. 
The genera are Pndaryut, Batraehostmnus, and jKgothelet. 
Also Podargina as a subfamily of Caprimulgida. 
podargine (po-dSr'jin), a. Of or pertaining to 
the Podargidae or Podargime. 
podargue (po-darg'), n. A bird of the genus 
The Venetians hane alwayes their Podata, or Gouernour, 
with his two Counsellours resident therein. 
BaHuyt's Voyages, II. 104. 
(e) In many Italian cities, a subordinate municipal Judge, 
podestatet, n. [< F. podestat, < It. podestate, 
podesta: see podesta, potestate.] A magistrate: 
same as potestate. 
I hane sene of the greatest podestates and granest Judges 
and Presidents of Parliament in Frannce. 
Puttenham, Art* of Eng. Poesie, p. 308. 
[As It. podes- 
. magistracy ((podesta, a magis- 
trate : see podesta), + -ate 3 .] The office, digni- 
ty, or jurisdiction of a podesta ; the term of of- 
fice of a podesta. 
family 
of the order Pygopodes, typified by the genus 
Podicipes; the grebes. The family has many pecu- 
liarities, causing it to rank as a suborder called Podidpe- 
del, whose characters are the same as those of the family. 
They have no ambiens, femorocaudal, or accessory lentil- 
nosns muscle, only one carotid, short xiphistemum, long 
narrow pelvis, from fifteen to nineteen cervical vertebras, 
a long cnemial process of the tibia and a very large patel- 
la, no superorbltal depression for a nasal gland, and a spe- 
cial pylorlc sac. Cieca are present, and the oil gland Is 
tufted. The feet are four-toed and lohate, not webbed 
the nails are flat and blunt ; the tall Is rudimentary ; the 
primaries are eleven In number ; the lores are naked ; the 
head is usually crested ; and the bill Is of variable shape. 
The leading genera are .Kchmrphortu, Podieipei, Tachy- 
baptet, and PodUymbue. Colymlida is a synonym In one 
of its senses. Also Podiripidjr, Podicepidir, PodieipUidit. 
See cute under jKchmophonu and great. 
' 
In the next year, 1280, In the pnderterate of Alberigo Podicipes (po-dis'i-pez), [NL., orig. Podi- 
Signoregi of Bologna, the palaces of the Incontri were 
Podargus (po-dar'gus), . [NL. (Cuvier, 1829), , aH , 
< Gr. vooapyof, swift-footed, < Trot'f (jro<5-), foot, P S? n ' 
burnt and demolished by the fury of the people. 
J. Adams, Works, V. 230. 
Plural of podetium. 
/ 
More- 
A bivalve mollusk 
air-cells, 
pod-gaper (pod'ga'per), . 
of the family Solenotnyida. 
podge 1 (poj), 71. [Perhaps forplodge; cf. plod 1 .] 
fddle; a plash. 
|2 (Pj)i v. * pret. and pp. nodged, ppr. 
ing. [Perhaps f or plodge; cf.plod*.] To 
My dames will say I am a podging asse. 
llistarie of Albino and Bettama (1638)- (Stares.) 
a. 
4- apyor,, swift, 
bright.] l.The 
typical genus of 
the family Po- 
dargidae. There 
are several species, 
confined to the 
Australian and Pa- 
puan regions, as 
P. strigoides, or P. 
rii'-iiri. known to 
the colonists as 
more-pork, from its 
cry. 
2. [I.e.] A spe- 
cies of this 
genus; a po- 
dargue. 
podarthraKpo- 
dar'thral), a. 
[< podafthr-mn 
+ -al.] In or- 
nith., joining 
the toes to the shank ; pertaining to the podar- 
thrum : as. the podartliral joint or articulation. 
podarthritis (pod-ar-thri'tis), n. [NL., < Gr. 
Troi'f (TrofJ-), foot, + apOplrtf, joint-disease: see 
arthritis.] Inflammation of the joints of the 
foot, 
podarthrum (po-diir'thrum), n. ; pi. podartlira 
(-thrji). [NL., < Gr. Troi'f (iro<5-), foot, + bptipov, 
a joint.] In ornitli., the foot-joint; the raeta- - jr- - - 
tarsophalangeal articulation; the juncture of P 9}V/ -E 1 - 1 "'?! P^tum. 
the toes collectively with the metatarsus. POdial (po di-al), a. [< podium + -al.] Of or 
pod-auger (pod'a'ger), n. See auger, 1. T^lT/"^' 9 S? P ^f? < n 
SfeflS^^aaf l S Jfta ^ aftas 
see rtj2.] A subfamily of gasteromycetous 
fungi of the family Lycoperdacese. 
Podaxonia (pod-ak-so'ni-a), n. pi. [NL.. < Gr. 
;rot'f (ffod-). foot, + afav, axis : see ax*.] A phy- 
lum of molluscoids, composed of three classes, 
ftipunculoidea, Brachiopoda, and Poly:oa, hav- 
ing a secondary long axis of the body at right 
angles with an original oro-anal long axis. It 
corresponds nearly to Molluscoidea, except in 
including the gepnyreans. 
podaxonial (pod-ak-so'ni-al), a. [< Podaxonia 
+ -<il.] Of or pertaining to the Podaxonia. 
pod-bit (pod'bit), n. A boring-tool used in a 
brace. It Is semi-cylindrical in shape, with a hollow 
barrel, and a cutting lip projecting from the extremity of 
the barrel. 
podder (pod'er). n. K pod + -erl.] 1 . A gath- 
ererof pods. 2. pi. Beans, peas, tares, vetches, 
and other podded or leguminous plants in gen- 
eral. [Prov. Eng. in both uses.] 
poddy (pod'i), a. [< pod + -yi.] Round and 
stout in the belly ; paunchy. Hii/liir,//. [Prov. 
Eng.] 
podelcoma (pod-el -ko'tnft), n. [NL., < Gr. 
Trorf (ifoA-), foot, + efauua, a sore.] A perforat- 
the sunbirds or flnfoots, containing several spe- 
podenceplialus (pod-en-sef a-lus), .; pi. pod- c ies, as P. senegalensis and P. petersi. Also 
>/iali (-h). [NL., < Gr. wove, (iroo-), foot, + called Podoa and Khigelura. 
OMC, brain.] In teratol, an exencephalus podical (pod'i-kal), a. [< L. podex (podic-), 
ich the brain is contained in a pedicel- rump, + -al.] Of or pertaining to the podex; 
ceps as a specific name (Linnaeus, 1766), later 
as a generic name (Latham, 1790), tr. E. arse- 
foot; < li.podex (podic-), rump, + pes= E./oot.] 
The typical genus of the family Podicipedidee. 
It formerly contained all the grebes, but Is now usually 
restricted to those which have the bill moderately stout, 
not longer than the head, and not hooked at the end, the 
tarsus not longer than the middle toe and claw, the dimen- 
sions over ten inches, and the head usually crested and 
ruffed. There are numerous species, such as the crested 
grebe, P. cristatus; the red-necked grebe, P. arueigena; 
.i C ii. mo B uruuuj in BUUK.-UK.V ouigrowui or 'he horned grebe P. "<"; and the eared grebe, P. 
the Wlus.bearing exposed hymeniafalso, any SSSsW^SiT^ * - ^ ""-""* " 
podetiifonn (po-de'shi-i-f 6rm), a. [< NL. pode- 
tium + L. forma, form.] Of the shape of a po- 
detium; resembling a podetium. E.Tuckerman, 
Genera Lichenum, p. 232. 
podetium (po-de'shi-um), n. ; pi. podetia (-&). 
[NL., < Gr. TOI'Y (jrorf-), foot.] In bot., in certain 
lichens, the shrubby or stalk-like outgrowth of 
, - ,' - * xr*> o 1 *" v*rvv*vi*>i*cj i - 1 1 1 M in 1 1 ii^ AjTii6Pican crebpi. 
the anus or anal region. (6) In entom., the with a thick stout epignathous bill, and no 
pyRidium. cregts or njjfg^ the frontal feathers being mu- 
pod-fern (pod fern), n. A. singular aquatic cronate. p. podiceps is the commonest grebe of the 
fern, Leratoptens thahctrotdes, very variable in United States, commonly called the pied-biSed ifnfiglsM 
form, found in the tropics of both hemispheres : Tke K e nus la also called Hydroka &nd Xeiileles. 
so called from the pod-like segments of the podismus (po-dis'mus), w. [NL.,<Gr. iro6touo<, 
fertile frond, which are everywhere covered ? measuring by feet (taken in sense of 'a bind- 
with sori. The stipes are inflated with large * D K ' the feet'), < irodifctv, measure by feet, 
also bind the feet, < wo6f (nod-), foot.] 
African Fiofoot (Pcdiia 
, Spasm 
of the muscles of the foot. 
Podisus (pod'i-sus), n. [NL. (Herrich-Schaf- 
fer, 1853), < Gr. irovf (not-), foot, + ioof, equal.] 
A genus of pentatomid bugs, with over 30 spe- 
cies, all American. They 
are of medium site and usu- 
ally light colors, predaceous 
in habit, and provided with a 
strong beak wherewith to Im- 
pale their prey. P. placidus 
Is a North American species, 
notable as an enemy of the im- 
ported currant-worm, yematus 
ventrifosus. P. tpinosui is com- 
mon and wide-spread; it at- 
tacks many injurious larvte. 
See also cut under soldier -buy. 
podite (pod'it), n. [< Gr. 
jroi'jj (iroi-), foot, + -ite.] 
A limb or leg of a crusta- 
cean, especially when de- 
veloped as an ambulatory 
appendage, or leg fitted 
for walking. See endopo- 
dite, exopodite, epipodite; also basipodite, cox- 
opodite, dactylopodite, ischiopodite, itteropodite, 
propodite, and cuts under Podophtlialmui. 
These poditts are usually seven-Jointed. 
Encyc. Brit, VL 638. 
poditic (po-dit'ik), a. [< podite + -ic.] Of or 
pertaining to a podite. 
poditti (po-dit'i), n. [Australian.] The Aus- 
tralian saw-beaked kingfisher, Si/maflavirostris. 
See cut under Syma. 
podium (po'di-um), n.; pi. podia (-a). [L. (> 
It. podio = F. podium), < podium (see def.), < 
Gr. ir6dtov, a little foot, dim. of n-oif (TTOO-), 
foot: see pew 1 .] 1. In arch., a continuous 
pedestal ; a stylobate ; also, a raised platform 
which surrounded the arena of the ancient 
amphitheater, upon which sat persons of dis- 
tinction, or a bench surrounding a room. 2. 
In :itiil. and a nut., the foot; the pea: usually 
applied in ornithology to the toes collectively, 
Pottisttt flafittus. 
a, rnl.ir^c-.l ; A, natural i 
late sac. 
poder (po-der') ( n. [< 8p. poder, power: see 
power.) In Spanish- Amer. law, a power of at- 
torney formally made before a notary public ; 
a procuration. 
podesU ( | ."-.I, -,-!'). . [It. (> F.podeiitat = 
Pg. ftoitrxbitli i. < L. /..,/./* (polenta!-), power, 
uropygial ; anal or pygidial, as with reference 
to the terminal somite of the abdomen of an 
insect Podical plates, In entom., two or more small 
pieces surrounding the opening of the Intestinal canal: 
without the shank of the foot. 3. In 
the foot of a mollusk. Its parts are distinguished 
as propodiwn, matapodium, metapiMvm, and epip,*Hum, 
or fore, middle^ hind, and tide parti. See cuts under Oat- 
tenpoia, UptamUm, Myida, and Piridiidm. 
4. In hot. : (a) A footstalk, stipe, or the like. 
[Rarely used except in compounds.] (6) A 
joint, internode, or independent unit in the 
- -*- - - growth of the axis of a plant. 
when present, they are generally concealed by the last ei- nod s e fnoi'e} fNativp name 1 Tho.no, 
ternal abdominal segments. Anatomists hae regarded V 9 a i. 553* ''*' .l" 8nve 
these plates as the rudiments of the eleventh abdominal tral tarsier, TarstUK spectrum, of Borneo and 
eirment. Celebes. S nt under Tarxiux. 
