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apodal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
apo-dal
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without feet or foot-like body parts; legless ; footless ; feetless.

noun

Any moth of the genus Apoda.

noun

Any caecilian of the order Apoda.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English -pod Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English -podal English apodal From a- + -podal.

Inflected Forms

apod (alternative) apodan (alternative) apodals (plural)

Synonyms

apodous

Questions

What does apodal mean?
Without feet or foot-like body parts; legless ; footless ; feetless.
Where does apodal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English -pod Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English -podal English apodal From a- + -podal.

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