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apodal

(ap′ə dəl)

adjective

lacking feet or legs, as snakes
lacking ventral fins

Origin: < Gr apous (gen. apodos), footless < a-, without + pous, foot + -al

See apodal in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Having no limbs, feet, or footlike appendages.

Origin:

Origin: From Greek apous

Origin: : a-, without; see a-¹

Origin: + pous, pod-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots

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