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English → English (gcide) Definition: Apod Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. Apodsor Apodes. [Gr. ?, ?, footless; 'a priv. + ?, ?, foot.] (Zo["o]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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] || Apod \Ap"od\, Apodal \Ap"o*dal\, a. [See Apod, n.] 1. Without feet; footless. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels. [1913 Webster]