Pŏl'y-pōde, n.

noun

n. [Fr. polypode, Gr. πολύπους, πολύ-ποδος, the wood-louse, milleped. See POLYP.]

  1. (Zool.) An animal having many feet; the milleped or wood-louse. Coxe.
  2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Polypodium; polypody.