Apoda
plural noun
Ap·o·da
ˈapədə
: any of several different groups of animals that have been so named from their lacking limbs or feet: such as
a
: an order of slender wormlike holothurians that lack tube feet and radial ambulacral vessels compare holothurioidea
b
: a group of fishes without pelvic fins
c
d
: an order or suborder of parasitic segmented cirripedes
e
: worms without appendages (such as the leeches)
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“Apoda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Apoda. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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