APOD

Etymology

Adjective

apod (not comparable)

Lacking feet; apodal.

Lacking a ventral fin.

Noun

apod (plural apods)

An animal without feet.

Anagrams

• DAPO, DOPA, DPOA, PAOD, dopa

Noun

APOD (plural APODs)

(astronomy) Abbreviation of Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Anagrams

• 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



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