▪ I. mesopod, -pode, n. Zool.
(ˈmɛsəpɒd, -pəʊd)
Anglicized form of mesopodium.
| 1877 Ray Lankester in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XVII. 431 Development of a mesopod (molluscan foot). 1890 Syd. Soc. Lex., Mesopode. |
▪ II. mesopod, a. Bot.
(ˈmɛsəpɒd)
[ad. mod.L. mesopod-us, f. Gr. µέσο-ς (see meso-) + ποδ-, πούς foot.]
Having a short stalk centrally placed.
| 1857 Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. §393 Hydnum in all its varied forms, resupinate, apodous, lateral, merismoid, and mesopod. |