-poda
a combining form meaning “those having feet” of the kind or number specified by the initial element, used in the names of cl-sses in zoology:
cephalopoda.
compare -pod.
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- -pode
variant of -podium: pseudopode. -pod combining form indicating a certain type or number of feet arthropod, tripod word origin from greek -podos footed, from pous foot
- -podium
a combining form meaning “footlike part” of an organism, used in the formation of compound words: monopodium; pseudo-podium. also, -pode. -podium combining form a part resembling a foot pseudopodium word origin from new latin: footlike; see podium
- -podous
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 having feet of a certain kind or number cephalopodous
- -poiesis
a combining form meaning “making, formation,” used in the formation of compound words: hematopoiesis. -poiesis combining form indicating the act of making or producing something specified haematopoiesis derived forms -poietic, combining_form:in_adjective word origin from greek, from poiēsis a making; see poesy -poiesis suff. production; creation; formation: hemopoiesis.
- -poietic
a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -poiesis: hematopoietic. -poietic suff. productive; formative: galactopoietic.