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apode.

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

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Meaning & usage

adj/a.pɔd/
  1. legless, limbless; apodal, apodous; without limbs, feet, paws, etc. lacking limbs, (by extension) having highly devolved vestigial limbs (of a lifeform)

    Les serpents sont apodes.
    Les amphisbènes sont un autre groupe de reptiles apodes.
  2. legless, limbless; apodal, apodous; without limbs, feet, paws, etc. characterized by a lack of limbs

    De nombreux reptiles ont évolué vers une forme apode.
    Le processus évolutif transformant des lézards quadrupèdes en formes apodes se traduit par trois grandes caractéristiques : […]
  3. legless, limbless; apodal, apodous; without limbs, feet, paws, etc. performed or accomplished without use of or need for limbs

    Les serpents ont perfectionné plusieurs modes de locomotion apode.
Where this word comes from

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

noun/a.pɔd/
  1. legless animal, limbless animal, apode

    masculine
    Les apodes sont dépourvus de pieds, de pattes.
    Il n'existe aucune espèce connue d'apode capable de survivre dans de telles conditions.
Where this word comes from

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

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