Defn: One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.
Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name Paradisea apoda, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies.
APODA Ap"o*da, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Apod, n.] (Zoöl.) (a) A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs. (b) An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha. (c) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech.
APODAN
Ap"o*dan, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Apodal.
APODEICTIC; APODICTIC; APODEICTICAL; APODICTICAL
Ap"o*deic"tic, Ap`o*dic"tic, Ap`o*deic"tic*al, Ap`o*dic"tic*al, a.
Etym: [L. apodicticus, Gr.
Defn: Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.
APODEICTICALLY; APODICTICALLY
Ap`o*deic"tic*al*ly, Ap`o*dic"tic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
APODEME
Ap"o*deme, n. Etym: [Pref. apo- + Gr. (Zoöl.)