单词 | podal |
释义 | podaladj. Originally Zoology. Of or relating to a foot or footlike organ or part; = pedal adj. 1. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet podal1852 1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 19 The segments are as follows..5th to 14th segments, maxillary and podal, ten pairs. 1896 Cambr. Nat. Hist. II. 323 The podal membrane [of a polychaete] reaches to the tip of the gill in the anterior segments. 1903 Amer. Naturalist 37 720 Podal joints [of a kingfisher's foot] run 2, 3, 4, 5 respectively, feeble, and in the anterior toes somewhat laterally compressed. 1952 Amer. Antiquity 18 75/2 A [ceramic] podal support with fabric marking. 1975 Amer. Midland Naturalist 93 287 Michigan males [sc. of a pseudoscorpion] generally have longer and more slender podal segments. 2002 Australian (Nexis) 29 May (Features section) 23 Whichever foot the shoe's on, Cameron Kippen can tell you something about it. Now he's turning his investigation of all things podal to soccer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1852 |
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