Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POLYPODE

n.[Gr. ] An animal having many feet; the milleped or wood-louse.

 

POLYPODY

n.[L. polypodium, from the Greek. See Polype. ] A plant of the genus Polypodium, of the order of Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in roundish points, scattered over the inferior disk of the frons or leaf. There are numerous species, of which the most remarkable is the common male fern.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

POLYPODE

Pol `y *pode, n. Etym: [Cf. F. polypode. See Polypody. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A plant of the genus Polypodium; polypody. [Written also polypod. ]

 

POLYPODE

Pol "y *pode, n. Etym: [Gr. polypode. See Polyp. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An animal having many feet; a myriapod.

 

POLYPODIUM

Pol "y *po `di *um, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. Polyp, and cf. 2d Polypode. ](Bot. )

 

Defn: A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species.

 

POLYPODY

POLYPODY Pol "y *po `dy, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: Any plant of the genus Polypodium.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

polypod

pol y pod |ˈpäləˌpäd ˈpɑləpɑd | ▶adjective Zoology having many feet or footlike appendages, esp. denoting a phase of insect larval development characterized by a segmented abdomen with rudimentary or functional appendages. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (as a noun denoting an animal having many feet ): from French polypode ‘many-footed, ’ from Greek polupous, polupod-, from polu- ‘many ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot. ’

 

polypody

pol y po dy |ˈpäləˌpōdē ˈpɑlipoʊdi | ▶noun ( pl. polypodies ) a widely distributed fern that has stout scaly creeping rhizomes and remains green during the winter, growing on trees, walls, and stones, esp. in limestone areas. [Genus Polypodium, family Polypodiaceae: several species, in particular the common polypody (P. vulgare ).] ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek polupodion, denoting a kind of fern, from polu- ‘many ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

polypod

poly |pod |ˈpɒlɪpɒd | ▶adjective Zoology having many feet or foot-like appendages, especially denoting a phase of insect larval development characterized by a segmented abdomen with rudimentary or functional appendages. ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (as a noun denoting an animal having many feet ): from French polypode ‘many-footed ’, from Greek polupous, polupod-, from polu- ‘many ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot ’.

 

polypody

polypody |ˈpɒlɪpəʊdi | ▶noun ( pl. polypodies ) a widely distributed fern which has stout scaly creeping rhizomes and remains green during the winter, growing on trees, walls, and stones, especially in limestone areas. ●Genus Polypodium, family Polypodiaceae: several species, in particular the common polypody (P. vulgare ). ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek polupodion, denoting a kind of fern, from polu- ‘many ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Polypodium

Po ly po di um Substantiv, Neutrum Botanik , das |Polyp o dium |das Polypodium; Genitiv: des Polypodiums, Plural: die Polypodien griechisch-neulateinisch Tüpfelfarn