[1] : 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
see also:
foot 

[2] : 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.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. a considerable number of animals closely clustered
      together; -- said of seals.
      1913 webster

   pod auger, or pod bit, an auger or bit the channel of
      which is straight instead of twisted.
      1913 webster
see also:
angiospermous pod auger pod bit 

[3] : 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
see also:
podded podding 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

pod
     n 1: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant not the seeds
          themselves syn: cod, seedcase
     2: a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous
        plant syn: seedpod
     3: a group of aquatic mammals
     4: a detachable container of fuel on an airplane syn: fuel
        pod
     v 1: take something out of its shell or pod; "pod peas or beans"
     2: produce pods, of plants
     also: podding, podded
see also:
cod seedcase seedpod fuel pod podding podded 

[5] : 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

[6] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

pod
     plain old document format
     
     

[7] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

pod
     print / publishing on demand, "pod"
     
     

[8] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

pod n. 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. not to be
   confused with p.o.d..


see also:
p.o.d. 

[9] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

p.o.d. /p-o-d/ rare acronym for `piece of data' as opposed to a code
   section. see also pod.


see also:
pod 

[10] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

pod
     
        not to be confused with p.o.d..
     
        1.  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.  plain old documentation.
     
        jargon file
     
        1998-12-18
     
     
see also:
p.o.d. diablo letter-quality impact printer dec-10 podtype 
plain old documentation jargon file 

[11] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

p.o.d.
     
         piece of data as opposed to code.
     
        jargon file
     
        2000-04-08
     
     
see also:
code jargon file 

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