apodal
pronunciation
How to pronounce apodal in British English: UK [ə'pəʊdl]
How to pronounce apodal in American English: US [ə'poʊdl]
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- Adjective:
- (of snakes and eels) naturally footless
Word Origin
- apodal (adj.)
- 1769, with -al + Greek apous (genitive apodos) "footless," from a-, privative prefix (see a- (3)) + pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).