apode

Ap"od, Ap"ode, n.; pl. Apods or Apodes. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.) Defn: 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.

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