Podaxonia (podaksonia)

pl. [NL., Gr. πούς (ποδ-), foot, + άξων, axis: see ax2.] A phylum of molluscoids, composed of three cla es, Sipunculoidea, Brachiopod a, and Polyzoa, having a secondary long axis of the body at right angles with an original oro-anal long axis. It corresponds nearly to Molluscoidea, except in including the gephyreans. podaxonial (pod-ak-sō'ni-al), a. [ podder (pod'er), n. [ poddy (pod'i), a. [ podelcoma (pod-el-kō'mä), n. [NL., πούς (ποδ-), foot, + έλκωμα, a sore.] A perforating ulcer of the foot. podencephalus (pod-en-sef'a-lus), n.; pl. podencephali (-li). [NL., late sac.