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-podous

  1. a combining form meaning “footed, having a foot” of the kind or number specified by the initial element; often occurring in adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -pod:

    cephalopodous.



-podous

combining form

  1. having feet of a certain kind or number

    cephalopodous

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -podous1

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When To Use

does -podous mean?

The combining form -podous is used like a suffix meaning “having a foot” or "-footed." It is used to denote the adjectival form of nouns ending with the combining form -pod.The form -podous comes from the combination of two forms. The first is -pod, from Greek -pous, meaning “-footed.” The second is the suffix -ous, from Latin -ōܲ; this suffix has a variety of meanings, including "possessing, full of" a given quality. are variants of -podous?Though -podous doesn’t have any variants, it shares an origin with the combining forms pod-, podo-, -pod, -poda, -pode, and -podium. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use articles for all six forms.

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