apodal

American

[ap-uh-dl] / ˈæp ə dl /

adjective

Zoology.

having no distinct feet or footlike members.
belonging or pertaining to the orders Apoda and Apodes, comprising various groups of animals without limbs.

apodal British

/ ˈæpədəl /

adjective

(of snakes, eels, etc) without feet; having no obvious hind limbs or pelvic fins

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Etymology

Origin of apodal

1760–70; < Greek apod-, stem of ápous footless ( see a- ⁶, -pod) + -al ¹

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