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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AP'ODAL, a. [See apode.]
Without feet; in zoology, destitute of ventral fins.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of snakes and eels) naturally footless; "eels are apodal" [syn: apodal, apodous]

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 without (or with undeveloped) feet. 2 (of fish) without ventral fins. Etymology: apod apodal creature f. Gk apous footless f. a- not + pous podos foot

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Apod 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.