| ACTINOPOD | • actinopod n. (Zoology) Any member of the variously ranked group Actinopoda of protozoa. • ACTINOPOD n. any protozoan of the phylum Actinopoda, such as a radiolarian or a heliozoan, having stiff radiating cytoplasmic projections. |
| ALOPECOID | • alopecoid adj. Similar to or resembling a fox. • alopecoid n. (Zoology) An animal that resembles a fox. • ALOPECOID n. a member of the fox family. |
| CARPOOLED | • carpooled v. Simple past tense and past participle of carpool. • CARPOOL v. to take turns driving a group of commuters. |
| CHAETOPOD | • chaetopod n. (Zoology, obsolete) Any of the Chaetopoda, an invertebrate phylum (more or less equivalent to the modern… • CHAETOPOD n. a member of the Chaetopoda, bristle-worms. |
| COMPANDOR | • compandor n. (Electronics) Any device used in companding. • COMPANDOR n. a system of transmitting or reproducing sound by compressing and then re-expanding the volume-range, also COMPANDER. |
| COMPRADOR | • comprador n. An intermediary. • comprador n. A native of a colonised country who acts as the agent of the coloniser. • comprador n. (Nautical) A ship’s chandler in the Far East. |
| DOCUSOAPS | • docusoaps n. Plural of docusoap. • DOCUSOAP n. a television series that follows the lives of real people over a period of time. |
| MACROPODS | • macropods n. Plural of macropod. • MACROPOD n. an animal of the marsupial family that includes kangaroos. |
| OCTAPLOID | • octaploid adj. Alternative form of octoploid. • octaploid n. Alternative form of octoploid. • OCTAPLOID adj. eightfold. |
| OCTAPODIC | • OCTAPODIC adj. of a verse line, having eight feet. |
| OCTOPODAN | • octopodan adj. Relating to cephalopod molluscs of the order Octopoda. • OCTOPODAN n. an octopus or other eight-armed creature, also OCTOPOD. |
| PHOTOCARD | • photocard n. A card bearing a photograph, often a photograph of the cardholder for identification purposes. • PHOTOCARD n. an identity card containing a photograph of the bearer. |
| PODOCARPS | • podocarps n. Plural of podocarp. • PODOCARP n. a stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit. |
| PROCTODEA | • proctodea n. Plural of proctodeum. • PROCTODEUM n. the posterior portion of the alimentary canal, also PROCTODAEUM. |
| SCAPHOPOD | • scaphopod n. Tusk shell. • SCAPHOPOD n. a member of a class of marine molluscs. |