✈️ A container 🌱 A seed case 🐬 A group of animals 💻 A unit of containers 🌱 To form pods 🫘 To remove shells

pod

31 3.2

A group of whales or dolphins that swim together

noun
/pɑd/

: grupo

The pod of 30,000 sharks is up ahead.
pod of whales
other pods

Examples

Off the rugged coast of the Pacific Northwest, pods of killer whales inhabit the frigid waters.
At this time, the weaned pups often gather into pods for protection while on land.

Academic text (2009)
Probably just a pod of whales.

Deep Rising (1998)
All right, so we have a giant pod of dolphins coming in right now.
Sounds, and we had a pod of killer whales turn up in our bay one day.

Blog text (21)
We had the pleasure of watching a pod of whales on their morning round of bubble-netting.

Blog text (20)
We spotted a pod of dolphins playing near the boat.
During our cruise, we encountered a pod of whales breaching in the distance.
As we sailed along the coast, we observed a pod of seals lounging on the rocks.

Compounds

pod person

Offensive

4 9.9

A person who seems to have no feelings or personality and appears distant from others

fuel pod

Specialized

2 5.5

A removable container that attaches to a plane or spacecraft to hold extra fuel

pea pod

1 1.0

A long green shell on the plant that holds small round vegetables

monkey pod

1 9.3

A large tropical tree with wide branches that give shade and seed pods eaten by animals

edible-pod pea

4.4

A type of pea plant that makes soft pods you can eat whole

locust pod

9.5

A long seed pod from a tree with sweet pulp and small beans used for food and animal feed

How Big

aggregation

11 6.1

gam

Archaic

1 9.9

pod

31 3.2

individual

∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

pod singular

pods plural

Etymology

Pod for a group of dolphins or whales is easy to remember with a picture: think of animals packed together 'like peas in a pod'. A helpful way to remember this meaning is to imagine the group as animals kept together like the peas inside a pod.