apode

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See also: apodé and ápode

English

Noun

apode (plural apodes)

  1. Alternative form of apod

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄποδος (ápodos), genitive of ἄπους (ápous).[1] By surface analysis, a- +‎ -pode.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pɔd/
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Adjective

apode (plural apodes)

  1. (zoology) legless, limbless; apodal, apodous; without limbs, feet, paws, etc.
    Antonym: -pode (monopode/unipode, dipode, tétrapode, etc.)
    1. lacking limbs, (by extension) having highly devolved vestigial limbs (of a lifeform)
      Antonyms: à pattes; à pieds; pattu; -pède (monopède/unipède, bipède, quadrupède, etc.)
      Les serpents sont apodes.
      Snakes have no limbs.
      Les amphisbènes sont un autre groupe de reptiles apodes.
      Amphisbaenia is another group of limbless reptiles.
      Les lézards apodes sont des lézards dont les pattes ont totalement ou en partie disparu au cours de l’évolution, au point de ne plus être utilisées lors de la locomotion.
      Legless lizards are lizards whose legs have totally or partially disappeared in the course of evolution, to the point where they are no longer used for locomotion.
    2. characterized by a lack of limbs
      De nombreux reptiles ont évolué vers une forme apode.
      Many reptiles have evolved into a limbless form.
      Le processus évolutif transformant des lézards quadrupèdes en formes apodes se traduit par trois grandes caractéristiques : […]
      The evolutionary process which transforms quadrupedal lizards into legless ones is characterized by three major tendencies:
    3. performed or accomplished without use of or need for limbs
      Les serpents ont perfectionné plusieurs modes de locomotion apode.
      Snakes have perfected several methods of limbless locomotion.

Noun

apode m (plural apodes)

  1. legless animal, limbless animal, apode
    Les apodes sont dépourvus de pieds, de pattes. ― Limbless animals lack feet and legs.
    Il n’existe aucune espèce connue d’apode capable de survivre dans de telles conditions.
    There is no known limbless species capable of surviving in such conditions.

References

  1. ^ “apode”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Latin

Noun

apode

  1. ablative singular of apūs

Spanish

Verb

apode

  1. inflection of apodar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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