apodous

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

Thân thiện

An eel is an apodous creature that swims gracefully through the water.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lacking feet or foot-like appendages; footless: Describes an animal that naturally has no feet or functional limbs.
   • Specifically in zoology: Pertaining to certain animals, like some snakes or eels, that are naturally without ventral fins or limbs.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective:
  • The apodous condition of caecilians distinguishes them from other amphibians.
  • Many eels are apodous, lacking pelvic fins.
  • An apodous larva moves by wriggling its body.

Advanced Usage

• Scientific/Technical Context: The term is primarily used in formal biological, zoological, or anatomical descriptions to classify limbless creatures or life stages.
  • The species is characterized by its apodous adult form.

Variants and Related Words

• Apodal (adj): A direct synonym, meaning footless or lacking feet.
  • Apodal fish are common in deep-sea environments.
• Apodia (n): The condition of being without feet.
• Pod (root): A common root word (from Greek , ) meaning "foot," found in words like (foot care) and (jointed foot).

Synonyms

• Footless
• Limbless (Note: This is a broader term; "apodous" specifically implies the absence of feet, not their loss.)

Antonyms

• Pedate: Having feet.
• Podous: Having feet (a direct antonym formed from the same root).

Học thuật

Adjective

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• apodal