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Webster 1913 Edition


Apode

{

Ap′od

,

Ap′ode

, }
Noun.
;
pl.
Apods
or
Apodes
.
[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], footless;
priv. + [GREEK], [GREEK], foot.]
(Zool.)
One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.
☞ 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Apode

AP'ODE

,
Noun.
[Gr. foot.]
An animal that has no feet, applied to certain fabulous fowls, which are said to have no legs, and also to some birds that have very short legs.
In zoology, the apodes are an order of fishes which have no ventral fins; the first order in Linne's system.

Definition 2024


apode

apode

See also: apodé and ápode

English

Noun

apode (plural apodes)

  1. An animal that has no feet or footlike organs

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French

Adjective

apode m, f (plural apodes)

  1. apodal

Noun

apode m (plural apodes)

  1. apode

Latin

Noun

apode

  1. ablative singular of apūs

Spanish

Verb

apode

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of apodar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of apodar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of apodar.