apodal

/'æpədəl/ Cách viết khác : (apodous) /'æpədəs/

Thân thiện

An apodal eel swims gracefully through a coral reef.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Naturally lacking feet or foot-like appendages: Describes an animal, especially certain fish, reptiles, or amphibians, that is born without feet or functional limbs.
   • Specifically, of snakes and eels: Used to characterize these animals as being naturally footless.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Most snakes are apodal creatures, moving by contracting their muscles.
  • The apodal eel slithered through the muddy riverbed.
  • Biologists studied the evolution of apodal lizards in isolated environments.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific/Technical Context: The term is primarily used in zoological and biological descriptions to classify limbless animals.
  • The fossil record suggests the species was apodal, adapted for a burrowing lifestyle.

Variants and Related Words

• Apodous (adj): A variant spelling with the same meaning.
  • The apodous condition is an adaptation to their aquatic habitat.

Synonyms

• Footless: Lacking feet.
• Limbless: Having no limbs.

Antonyms

• Pedate: Having feet.
• Limbed: Having limbs.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of snakes and eels) naturally footless
   • eels are apodal

Từ đồng nghĩa

• apodous