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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl {Apods}or {Apodes}. [Gr. ?, ?, footless; 'a priv. + ?, ?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apod \Ap"od\, Apodal \Ap"o*dal\, a. [See {Apod}, n.] 1. Without feet; footless. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
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