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podices

podices is the plural of podex.

Meaning of podex

Noun

podex (plural podexes or podices)

  1. (rare) The anus, rectum, or buttocks of a human.
    • If these native babes went around with their podexes exposed they wouldn't have any because the mosquitoes would eat them off.1953, Jack Woodford, Writer's Cramp, page 35
  2. (rare) The rear end of any animal.
    • Ligament which stretches over the surface of the uterus, running obliquely from the podex to the raceme.1942, Fabricius (ab Aquapendente), Howard Bernhardt Adelmann (translator), The Embryological Treatises of Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente (page 229)

Questions about podices

What is podices the plural of?
Podices is the plural of podex.

Words near podices in the dictionary

  1. podiatrist
  2. podiatrists
  3. podiatry
  4. podical
  5. podicellate
  6. podices
  7. podicipedid
  8. podicipedids
  9. podiform
  10. podilfen
  11. Podilsk

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Adapted from Wiktionary: podices (page history and authors); podex (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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