APODE

Noun

apode (plural apodes)

Any animal without any feet or foot-like organs.

Anagrams

• paedo, paedo-, pædo-

Source: Wiktionary


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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