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Webster 1913 Edition

Apode

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Ap′od

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Ap′ode

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Noun.
;
pl.
Apods
or
Apodes
.
[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], footless;
ἀ
priv. + [GREEK], [GREEK], 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.
☞ 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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Apode

AP'ODE

,
Noun.
[Gr. foot.]
An animal that has no feet, applied to certain fabulous fowls, which are said to have no legs, and also to some birds that have very short legs.
In zoology, the apodes are an order of fishes which have no ventral fins; the first order in Linne's system.

Definition 2024

ápode

ápode

See also: apode and apodé

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Adjective

ápode m, f ‎(plural ápodes, comparable)

  1. (zoology) apodal (without feet or foot-like body parts)

Noun

ápode m (plural ápodes)

  1. (zoology) apod (an animal without feet)

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