From The 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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