apodal
[ 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.
Also
apodous.
Words nearby apodal
apocrypha,
apocryphal,
apocryphal gospels,
apocynaceous,
apocynthion,
apodal,
apodeictic,
apodeipnon,
apodema,
apodeme,
apodia
Example sentences from the Web for apodal
A family of fishes belonging to the apodal section of the malacopterygii.
The male only is winged; the female is very like an apodal larva, the larva being an active hexapod.
The Insect World |Louis FiguierApodal Fishes, the name applied to such malacopterous fishes as want ventral fins.
British Dictionary definitions for apodal
apodal
apodous
/ (ˈæpədəl) /
adjective
(of snakes, eels, etc) without feet; having no obvious hind limbs or pelvic fins
Word Origin for apodal
C18: from Greek
apous from
a-
1 +
pous foot
Medical definitions for apodal
apodal
[ ăp′ə-dl ]
adj.
Having no feet or footlike appendages.