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▪ I. apodal, a. Zool.|ˈæpədəl|
[f. apode + -al1.]
1. Footless.
1802G. Shaw Zool. III. 309 Apodal Lizard. 1836–39Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. II. 862/1 The larvæ of these insects are generally apodal.
2. Of fish: Lacking the ventral fin.
1769Pennant Zool. III. 113 The eel is placed by Linnæus in the genus of Muræna, his first of the apodal fish. 1855Owen Skel. & Teeth 23 Wholly wanting..in the fishes called ‘apodal.’
▪ II. apodal|ˈæpədəl|
[f. mod.L. Apoda (f. Gr. ἀποδ-, ἄπους footless) + -al.]
A batrachian belonging to the order Apoda, a group of the Cæcilians.
1856Encycl. Brit. XII. 229/1 Sub-Order III.—Ribbon Apodals. 1902Ibid. XXV. 383 To say nothing of the scales, present in many genera of Apodals and absent in all Caudates. |