\Ap"od\, Apodal \Ap"o*dal\, a. [See {Apod}, n.]
1. Without feet; footless.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.

\Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. {Apods}or {Apodes}. [Gr.
?, ?, footless; 'a priv. + ?, ?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.