polypode

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Pol′y·pode noun

Origin: Cf. F. polypode. See Polypody.

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


Pol′y·pode noun

Origin: Gr. …, …, the wood louse, milleped: cf. F. polypode. See Polyp.

Zoology An animal having many feet; a myriapod.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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