Lexicographical Neighbors of Podex
Literary usage of Podex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Irish-English Dictionary by Edward O'Reilly, John O'Donovan (1864)
"... whilst Anus, its more ancient writing, is degraded to signify- no more than
the circular form of the podex. Vid. Littleton ad voces Anus, Annus, ..."
2. An Essay on the Uterine Haemorrhage which Precedes the Delivery of the Full by Edward Rigby (1822)
"... hands were turned upon the face, holding each one of the feet, so that the
podex would have presented. The Placenta was situated upon the Os Uteri, ..."
3. Parts of the Body in the Later Germanic Dialects by William Denny Baskett (1920)
"Bav. herodes podex; fliessende Hämorrhoiden. ... flag podex, cf. Amer. star-spangled
banner idem. ... Grübchen in den Backen; podex. ..."
4. The Entomologist by British Trust for Entomology, Royal Entomological Society of London (1840)
"... ones: the podex is variegated, the olive colour usually occupying three oblong
longitudinal spaces: the sternum is nearly covered with a grey pilosity. ..."
5. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1844)
"Elytra costate, at the base yellowish, and four of the costae yellowish, this
colour being continued to the tip : podex yellow. ..."
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