Ap·od Ap·o·dal a.
1. Without feet; footless.
2. Zool. Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
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Ap·od Ap·ode n.; pl. Apods or Apodes 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.
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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