Apus

[ey-puh s]

noun, genitive Ap·o·dis [ap-uh-dis] /ˈæp ə dɪs/. Astronomy.

the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.

Origin of Apus

< New Latin < Greek ápous name applied to various swallowlike birds, literally, footless, equivalent to a- a-⁶ + -pous -footed, adj. derivative of poús foot; cf. -pod

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The maxill of Apus are also much the more specialized and reduced.
The Appendages, Anatomy, and Relationships of Trilobites
Percy Edward Raymond
The specimens examined were obtained from the Bambusa apus, growing in the Residency of Bantam.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887
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Then again, take the interesting Crustacean Lepidurus (Apus) glacialis.
The History of the European Fauna
R. F. Scharff
In Apus, as the figure shows, there are four of these “antenna-like” palps or filaments on the first thoracic limb.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6
Various
In some Phyllopoda (Apus) egg-sacs are formed by modification of certain of the thoracic feet.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7
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British Dictionary definitions for apus

Apus

noun Latin genitive Apodis (ˈæpədɪs)

a constellation in the S hemisphere situated near Musca and Octans

Word Origin for Apus

New Latin, from Greek apous, literally: footless, from a- 1 + pous foot

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