Definition of "apodous" []

• Variant of apodal. (adjective)

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• "Let now a further decrease occur in the elevating heat, and a further increase in the earthy matter, and the animals become smaller in bulk, and their feet more numerous, until at a later stage they become apodous, and extended full length on the ground."
• "For no viviparous animal, be it apodous or be it possessed of feet, is so given to creep into holes as are the ovipara."
• "We have now done with such sanguineous animals as are quadrupedous and also such as are apodous, and have stated with sufficient completeness what external parts they possess, and for what reason they have them."