apod (not comparable)
Lacking feet; apodal.
Lacking a ventral fin.
apod (plural apods)
An animal without feet.
• DAPO, DOPA, DPOA, PAOD, dopa
APOD (plural APODs)
(astronomy) Abbreviation of Astronomy Picture of the Day.
• DAPO, DOPA, DPOA, PAOD, dopa
Source: Wiktionary
Ap"od, Ap"o*dal, a. Etym: [See Apod, n.]
1. Without feet; footless.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
Ap"od, Ap"ode, n.; pl. Apods or Apodes. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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