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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ap·o·des n. pl.  Zool. (a) An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels. (b) A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.
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