apodal

apodal
/ap"euh dl/, adj. Zool.
1. having no distinct feet or footlike members.
2. belonging or pertaining to the orders Apoda and Apodes, comprising various groups of animals without limbs.
Also, apodous.
[1760-70; < Gk apod-, s. of ápous footless (see A-6, -POD) + -AL1]

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