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holopod

holopod adjective: having a longitudinally undivided sole.

Adjective

holopod (not comparable)

  1. Having a longitudinally undivided sole.
    • The great majority of the holopod snails have a vegetarian diet.1959, Fieldiana: Zoology, page 116
    • At the same time a second way leading to the origin of the tripartite division of the sole is conceivable: namely as a consequence of the increase of weight on the central part of the holopod sole.1985, A. A. Shileĭko, The system of the order Geophila (Helicida) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)

Noun

holopod (plural holopods)

  1. A pod-like device that projects and/or records holographic images.
    • As usual IT didn't turn up until the end of the lesson and Caitlin had to share Michaela's holopod as there wasn't a spare one available.2010, Caroline Hunter, The Present Future, →ISBN, page 20
    • Altman shielded the holopod in his hands, watched the image that appeared, rotating slowly between his palms.2011, B.K. Evenson, Martyr, →ISBN

Examples of holopod in a sentence

  • Webb (1961 a) thought the aulacopod condition better adapted to burrowing in soil and the holopod condition, with less pronounced grooves, more dry-adapted.1999, Gary M. Barker, Naturalised Terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda):
  • “It'll be different, that's for sure,” said Addie looking around the celebration holopod.2015, Louise Park, Three's a Crowd, →ISBN, page 9:

Forms of holopod

pluralholopods

Origin of holopod

From holo- + -pod.

From holo- + pod.

Questions about holopod

What does holopod mean?
Holopod means having a longitudinally undivided sole.
How do you use holopod in a sentence?
Webb (1961 a) thought the aulacopod condition better adapted to burrowing in soil and the holopod condition, with less pronounced grooves, more dry-adapted.
What part of speech is holopod?
Holopod can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near holopod in the dictionary

  1. holoplanktons
  2. holoplastocyanin
  3. holoplastocyanins
  4. holoploid
  5. holopneustic
  6. holopod
  7. holopods
  8. holopoem
  9. holopoems
  10. holopolymer
  11. holopresence

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