资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Podotheca \Pod`o*the"ca\, n.; pl. {Podothec[ae]}. [NL., fr. Gr.
   poy`s, podo`s, foot + ? case.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile.