Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling a pod
  • adjective Resembling a pod person

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  • adjective resembling a pod

Etymologies

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pod +‎ -like

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Examples

  • I'm clearly not up on my aliens, but I must say, any alien with a goopy, slimy podlike thing sends me under the covers scared.

    MIND MELD: The Best Aliens in Science Fiction 2010

  • In 1956, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York acquired her smallish, table-size cluster of primitive, podlike wooden forms.

    Trailblazing sculptor Louise Bourgeois, 98, dies; art inspired by traumatic past Michael O'Sullivan 2010

  • The local schoolchildren played their parts with relish on Friday as they chiseled away at podlike structures that seem to have all-purpose uses in this strange production, conceived by Mr. Gergiev and the set designer George Tsypin.

    The Kirov ‘Ring’: Young Local Talent - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • The alternative rocket is similar to the current space shuttle, except that the orbiter mounted on the side of the fuel tank is replaced by a podlike container resembling a giant car-top carrier.

    NASA Watch: Shuttle News: July 2009 Archives 2009

  • The alternative rocket is similar to the current space shuttle, except that the orbiter mounted on the side of the fuel tank is replaced by a podlike container resembling a giant car-top carrier.

    NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: July 2009 Archives 2009

  • The local schoolchildren played their parts with relish on Friday as they chiseled away at podlike structures that seem to have all-purpose uses in this strange production, conceived by Mr. Gergiev and the set designer George Tsypin.

    The Kirov ‘Ring’: Young Local Talent - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007

  • These trees are home to a number of endemic fauna: snails the size of grapefruit, rare black parrots and bronze lizards with podlike sucker pad fingers.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • These trees are home to a number of endemic fauna: snails the size of grapefruit, rare black parrots and bronze lizards with podlike sucker pad fingers.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • These trees are home to a number of endemic fauna: snails the size of grapefruit, rare black parrots and bronze lizards with podlike sucker pad fingers.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • The scene on the roof is jammed and noisy, as cool twentysomethings jostle for elbow room at the bar or colonize the red podlike cabanas by the pool.

    L.A. Rising 2007

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