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  1. noun Botany A dehiscent fruit of a leguminous plant such as the pea.
  2. noun Botany A dry, several-seeded, dehiscent fruit. Also called seedpod.
  3. noun Zoology A protective covering that encases the eggs of some insects and fish.
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  • He didn't return it Delfinio shuttled them over to Dispatch in a slightly larger version of a jock pod, an egg with the spiderweb harness designed to keep you intact no matter what your pod was doing. —  Magazine - Asimov's Science Fiction - 2007 - Issue 03 - March
  • If the pod was a sentient being, the odd thought occurred to her, it would probably be getting extremely frustrated about now. —  Angelmass
  • If he was injured or the pod was about to explode, he could pull the handle and the rocket would send him, chair and all, straight up the long cable to the infirmary at Lesser Spyre. —  Magazine - Analog Science Fiction and Fact - 2007 - Issue 04 - April
  • He wished he could say something to comfort them, but there was no time The door to his pod was already closing when José reached it, and he dived inside. —  Asimov's SF, June2006
  • It didn't take much thrust as the pod was well within the Capsule 's Richardson field. —  Analog SFF, November 2006
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