a. Zool. [f. APOD(E + -AL 1.]

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  1.  Footless.

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1802.  G. Shaw, Zool., III. 309. Apodal Lizard.

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1836–9.  Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., II. 862/1. The larvæ of these insects are generally apodal.

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  2.  Of fish: Lacking the ventral fin.

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1769.  Pennant, Zool., III. 113. The eel is placed by Linnæus in the genus of Muræna, his first of the apodal fish.

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1855.  Owen, Skel. & Teeth, 23. Wholly wanting … in the fishes called ‘apodal.’

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