an elongated seed vessel of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting open on both sides when ripe

gorse pods were popping in the sun

a detachable or self-contained unit on an aircraft, spacecraft, vehicle, or vessel, having a particular function

the aircraft returned with their bomb pods empty

the torpedo's sensor pod contains a camera

(of a plant) bear or form pods

the peas have failed to pod

remove (peas or beans) from their pods prior to cooking

our friends would pick and pod the peas and beans

a small herd or school of marine animals, especially whales

a pod of 500 dolphins frolicking in the bay

when I started listening to a pod about a cult, I expected it to be pretty dark

a pod exploring one of the more precarious moments in the space exploration programme

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