apodes

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apodes - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. Apodsor Apodes. [Gr.
     ?, ?, footless; 'a priv. + ?, ?, 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.
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     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.
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  Apodes \Ap"o*des\, n. pl. [NL., masc. pl. See Apoda.] (Zool.)
     (a) An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the
         eels.
     (b) A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See
         Apneumona.
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