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apode

/a.pɔd/

adjective/a.pɔd/

legless, limbless; apodal, apodous; without limbs, feet, paws, etc.

“Les serpents sont apodes.” — Snakes have no limbs.

Antonyms: -pode, à pattes, à pieds, pattu, -pède

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄποδος (ápodos), genitive of ἄπους (ápous). By surface analysis, a- + -pode.

noun, masculine/a.pɔd/plural: apodes

apode is masculine in French.

legless animal, limbless animal, apode

“Les apodes sont dépourvus de pieds, de pattes.” — Limbless animals lack feet and legs.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄποδος (ápodos), genitive of ἄπους (ápous). By surface analysis, a- + -pode.