Apocrita: = petiolate, q.v. Apodal: with single, simple tubercles instead of feet, in larvae; without feet = apodous. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
For no viviparous animal, be it apodous or be it possessed of feet, is so given to creep into holes as are the ovipara. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
The latter form a single genus, namely the Serpents; and why these are apodous has been already explained in the dissertation on. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
No fish has testicles either externally or internally; as indeed have no apodous animals, among which of course are included the serpents. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
THE account which has now been given of the viscera, the stomach, and the other several parts holds equally good not only for the oviparous quadrupeds, but also for such apodous animals as the Serpents. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
Let now a further decrease occur in the elevating heat, and a further increase in the earthy matter, and the animals become smaller in bulk, and their feet more numerous, until at a later stage they become apodous, and extended full length on the ground. From Wordnik.com. [On the Parts of Animals] Reference
A poor colour, and apodous either because it has no feet at all or because it has imperfect feet. From Wordnik.com. [Metaphysics] Reference
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