English Dictionary: Apodes | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. {Apods}or {Apodes}. [Gr. [?], [?], footless; 'a priv. + [?], [?], foot.] (Zo[94]l.) 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. |