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holopod

adj

Etymology

From holo- + -pod.

  1. derived from *baiteh₂-✻ — “woolen clothes”
  2. inherited from *paidō✻ — “coat, smock, shirt”
  3. inherited from *paidu✻
  4. inherited from pād — “an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”
  5. inherited from *pod✻
  6. prefixed as holopod — “holo + pod”

Definitions

  1. Having a longitudinally undivided sole.

    • The great majority of the holopod snails have a vegetarian diet.
    • At the same time a second way leading to the origin of the tripartite division of the sole is conceivable: namely as a consequence of the increase of weight on the central part of the holopod sole.
    • Webb (1961 a) thought the aulacopod condition better adapted to burrowing in soil and the holopod condition, with less pronounced grooves, more dry-adapted.

  2. A pod-like device that projects and/or records holographic images.

    • As usual IT didn't turn up until the end of the lesson and Caitlin had to share Michaela's holopod as there wasn't a spare one available.
    • Altman shielded the holopod in his hands, watched the image that appeared, rotating slowly between his palms.
    • The object appears to be a holopod. Preliminary data scans indicate that it contains nothing more than a holographic presentation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for holopod. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA