‖ podex Now only Zool.
(ˈpəʊdɛks)
[L. pōdex, pōdic-em anus, fundament.]
The fundament, the rump; also, the last dorsal segment of the abdomen of insects, the pygidium.
| 1598 B. Jonson Ev. Man in his Hum. v. i, How Saturn, sitting in an ebon cloud, Disrobed his podex. 1706 Phillips, Podex,..the Fundament, or Breech. 1713 Derham Phys.-Theol. viii. vi. 415 The Male is less than the Female,..and its Podex not so sharp as the Females is. 1822–34 Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 4 These substances are contained in the respective sexes in two bags that unite near the podex. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 390 Podex, the last dorsal segment of the abdomen. |