“apode”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

apode

释义

apod(e, a. and n.|ˈæpɒd, ˈæpəʊd|
[f. Gr. ἄπους, ἀποδ- footless, f. ἀ priv. + πούς foot; after mod.L. Apod-es, Apod-a, applied to groups in Zoology.]
A. adj. Footless; = apodal 1, 2.
1816Kirby & Spence Entomol. (1828) I. iv. 139 An apode larva.1835― Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xxii. 416 The Ophidians and Apod fishes evidently tend towards each other.1874Lubbock Orig. Metam. Ins. i. 16 The larvæ..of the Weevils..are apod.
B. n. (usually pl. = mod.L. Apodes, Apoda.) Term applied to certain birds, fish, and reptiles, in which feet or ventral fins are either wholly absent or merely rudimentary.
1601Holland Pliny (1634) II. 383 The greater kind of Swallows or Martins called Apodes.1836Blackw. Mag. XXXIX. 306 In birds, reptiles and insects, there are some which have been falsely called apteroids, or apods; for they possess in concealment the members which their name declares them to want.

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