-poda

noun plural combining form

-po·​da

pədə

: ones having (such or so many) feet

—in taxonomic names in zoology

Arthropoda

Decapoda

Heteropoda

compare -pus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek, neuter plural of -pod-, -pous having (such or so many) feet

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