podesterate (pod ester at)

teria, podesta ria, magistracy ( In the next year, 1280, in the podesterate of Alberigo Signoregi of Bologna, the palaces of the Incontri were burnt and demolished by the fury of the people. J. Adams , Works, V. 230. n. Plural of podetium . podetia, podetiiform (pō-dē'shi-i-fôrm), a. [ podetium (pō-dē'shi-um), n.; pl. podetia (-a). [NL., Podicipedidæ (pod"i-si-ped'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Podicipes ( -ped- ) + -idæ .] A family of birds of the order Pygopodes , typified by the genus Podicipes ; the grebes. The family has many pecu- liarities, causing it to rank as a suborder called Podicipe- des , whose characters are the same as those of the family. They have no ambiens, femorocaudal, or acce ory tend i- nos us muscle, only one carotid, short xiphisternum, long narrow pelvis, from fifteen to nineteen cervical vertebræ, a long cnemial proce of the tibia and a very large patel- la, no super orbital depre ion for a nasal gland, and a spe- cial pyloric sac. Cæca are present, and the oil-gland is tufted. The feet are four-toed and lobate, not webbed; the nails are flat and blunt; the tail is rudimentary; the primaries are eleven in number; the lores are naked; the head is usually crested; and the bill is of variable shape. baptes , and Podilymbus . Colymbidæ is a synonym in one The leading are Æchmophorus , Podicipes , Tachy- of its senses. Also Podicipidæ , Podicepidæ , Podicipitidæ . See cuts under Æchmophorus and grebe . Podicipes (po-dis'i-pēz), n. [NL., orig. Podi- ceps as a specific name (Linnæus, 1766), later as a generic name (Latham, 1790), tr. E. arse- foot ; podex ( podic- ), rump, + pes = E.foot .] The typical genus of the family Podicipedidæ . It formerly contained all the grebes, but is now usually restricted to those which have the bill moderately stout, not longer than the head, and not hooked at the end, the tarsus not longer than the middle toe and claw, the dimen- sions over ten inches, and the head usually crested and ruffed. There are numerous species, such as the crested grebe, P. cristatus ; the red-necked grebe, P. grise i gena ; the horned grebe, P. cornutus ; and the eared grebe, P. cut under grebe . auritus . Also called Colymbus . Usually Podiceps . See Podilymbus (pod-i-lim'bus), n . [NL. (Le on, 183 cool. (a) The rump; the foodies Combus can us IMG:content-0503.jpg:[graphic] uropygium; the anus or anal region. (b) In entom., the pygidium. pod-fern (pod'fėrn), n. A singular aquatic fern, Ceratopteris thalictroides, very variable in form, found in the tropics of both hemispheres: so called from the pod-like segments of the fertile frond, which are everywhere covered with sori. The stipes are inflated with large air-cells. pod-gaper (pod'gä"pėr), n. A bivalve mollusk of the family Solenomyidæ. podgel (poj), n. [Perhaps for plodge; cf. plod1.] A puddle; a plash. podge2 (poj), v. i.; pret. and pp. podged, ppr. podging. [Perhaps for plodge; cf. plod2.] Το plod. of Podicipedidæ, containing American grebes with a thick stout epignathous bill, and no crests or ruffs, the frontal feathers being mucronate. P. podiceps is the commonest grebe of the United States, commonly called the pied - billed dabchick. The genus is also called Hydroka and Nexiteles.