In cooking, al dente /ælˈdɛnteɪ/ (Italian pronunciation: [al ˈdɛnte]) describes pasta or rice that is cooked to be firm to the bite. The etymology is Italian “to the tooth”. In contemporary Italian cooking, the term identifies the ideal consistency for pasta and involves a brief cooking time.

Stoma is a Greek word and medical term meaning ‘mouth’ or ‘opening’. A stoma is often described as resembling a spout or rosebud and is pink and moist, much like the inside of the mouth.

1 : any of various small simple bodily openings especially in a lower animal. 2 : one of the minute openings in the epidermis of a plant organ (such as a leaf) through which gaseous interchange takes place also : the opening with its associated cellular structures.

Stoma is a Greek word meaning ‘mouth’ or ‘opening’.

The word “Pod” means “foot” in Latin. He is the last character to be a dromaeosaur. Pod uses the same sound effects as the Zuni Basin Dromaeosaurs from When Dinosaurs Roamed America.

Pod. (Science: botany) 1. A leguminous fruit. A two-valved seed Vessel. A dehiscent fruit or pericarp containing multiple seeds.

Point of Departure

pod – A group of whales (or seals or dolphins), or a small flock of birds.

Flock, pod, troop, gaggle, pack, tribe.

When animals get together in a group, we have a specific name for the group. For example, you probably know a group of dogs is a pack.

A group of cats is called a clowder. There are other names used for a group of cats, such as a clutter, a glaring, or a pounce.

wolf pack