apodal | (adjective) (of snakes and eels) naturally footless | Synonyms: apodous |
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apodeictic | (adjective) of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain | Synonyms: apodictic |
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apodeme | (noun) ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles | - |
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apodictic | (adjective) of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain | Synonyms: apodeictic |
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apodous | (adjective) (of snakes and eels) naturally footless | Synonyms: apodal |
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decapod | (noun) crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax | Synonyms: decapod crustacean |
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(noun) cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones | - |
hexapod | (noun) an animal having six feet | - |
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megapode | (noun) large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs | Synonyms: mound-bird, mound bird, mound builder, scrub fowl |
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myriapod | (noun) general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes | - |
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parapodium | (noun) one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing | - |
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sapodilla | (noun) tropical fruit with a rough brownish skin and very sweet brownish pulp | Synonyms: sapodilla plum, sapota |
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(noun) large tropical American evergreen yielding chicle gum and edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Achras | Synonyms: Achras zapota, Manilkara zapota, sapodilla tree |
tetrapod | (noun) a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages | - |
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