Pronunciation : Ap"od
Part of Speech : Ap"o*dal
Etymology : [See Apod, n.]
Definition : 1. Without feet; footless.
2. (Zo?l.)
Defn: Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ap"od
Part of Speech : Ap"ode
Etymology : [Gr. (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913