apod

Apod \Ap"od\, Apodal \Ap"o*dal\, a. [See {Apod}, n.]
   1. Without feet; footless.
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   2. (Zool.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
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Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. {Apods}or {Apodes}. [Gr.
   ?, ?, footless; 'a priv. + ?, ?, foot.] (Zool.)
   One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs;
   esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no
   feet.
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   Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name {Paradisea
         apoda}, being supposed to have no feet, as these were
         wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East
         Indies.
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