apod

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Apod \Ap"od\, Apodal \Ap"o*dal\, a. [See Apod, n.]

1.Without feet; footless. [1913 Webster]

2.(Zool.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels. [1913 Webster] Apod

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. [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]