podophyllousadj.
/ˌpɒdə(ʊ)ˈfɪləs/, /pəˈdɒfᵻləs/, U.S. /ˌpɑdəˈfɪləs/, /pəˈdɑfələs/ Zoology.† 1. Having flattened, leaflike locomotory organs or feet, as certain arthropods. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 990/2 Podophyllus, having feet or locomotive organs compressed into the form of a leaf..podophyllous.
2. Designating a layer of sensitive tissue composed of leaf-like vascular lamellae, lying between the hoof wall and the coffin bone of a horse's foot. Now rare.
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1890 U.S. Dept. Agric., Special Rep. Dis. Horse 409 The seat of greatest congestion will always be found in the neighborhood of the toe.., and, although at times it is limited to the podophyllous tissue alone, any or all parts of the keratogenous membrane may be affected by the congestion.
1892 S. J. J. Harger tr. A. Goubaux & G. Barrier Exterior of Horse (ed. 2) 337 [Seams] are called complete when, involving the entire length and thickness of the wall, they extend to the podophyllous tissue.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 715/2 (caption) The podophyllous or laminar membrane.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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