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slovo definícia -poda (gcide) -poda \-po*da\ A New Latin plural combining form or suffix from Gr. ?, ?, foot; as, hexapoda, myriapoda. See -pod. [1913 Webster] poda (vera) PODA Piloting of ODA (ESPRIT, SNI, Bull, TITN, ICL, Olivetti, ODA) poda (vera) PODA Priority Orientated Demand Assignment (MAC, TDM)

podobné slovo definícia Actinopoda (gcide) Actinopoda \Actinopoda\ n. 1. 1 heliozoans; radiolarians. Syn: subclass Actinopoda [WordNet 1.5] Aegopodium Podagraria (gcide) Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.] (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Aegopodium Podagraria}); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard. [1913 Webster]Bishop's-weed \Bish"op's-weed`\, n. (Bot.) (a) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi. (b) Goutweed ([AE]gopodium podagraria). [1913 Webster] AEgopodium podagraria (gcide) Goutweed \Gout"weed`\, Goutwort \Gout"wort`\n. [So called from having been formerly used in assuaging the pain of the gout.] (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous plant of Europe ({Aegopodium Podagraria}); -- called also bishop's weed, ashweed, and herb gerard. [1913 Webster]Bishop's-weed \Bish"op's-weed`\, n. (Bot.) (a) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi. (b) Goutweed ([AE]gopodium podagraria). [1913 Webster] Ailuropoda melanoleuca (gcide) panda \pan"da\ (p[a^]n"d[.a]), n. (Zool.) 1. A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur, which inhabits the mountains of Northern India. It was once thought to be related to the bears, but is now believed to be more closely related to raccoons. It has reddish-brown fur on the back and sides, and black fur on the legs and underside. Called also the lesser panda. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), a bearlike black-and white mammal now found wild only in the central forests of China, which lives mainly on on bamboo. It is an endangered species, and is a popular attraction in the few zoos which have bveen able to obtain specimens. [PJC] Amblypoda (gcide) Amblypoda \Am*blyp"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? blunt + ?, ?, foot.] (Paleon.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States. [1913 Webster] Amphipoda (gcide) Amphipoda \Am*phip"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + ?, ? foot.] (Zool.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca. [1913 Webster] Amphipodan (gcide) Amphipod \Am"phi*pod\, Amphipodan \Am*phip"o*dan\, a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda. [1913 Webster] Anarthropoda (gcide) Anarthropoda \An`ar*throp"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? without joints + -poda. See Anarthrous.] (Zool.) One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda. [1913 Webster] Anisopoda (gcide) Anisopoda \An`i*sop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? unequal + -poda.] (Zool.) A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda. [1913 Webster] Antipodagric (gcide) Antipodagric \An`ti*po*dag"ric\, a. (Med.) Good against gout. -- n. A medicine for gout. [1913 Webster] Antipodal (gcide) Antipodal \An*tip"o*dal\, a. 1. Pertaining to the antipodes; situated on the opposite side of the globe. [1913 Webster] 2. Diametrically opposite. "His antipodal shadow." --Lowell. [1913 Webster] Apoda (gcide) Apoda \Ap"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?. See Apod, n.] (Zool.) (a) A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs. (b) An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha. (c) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech. [1913 Webster] Apodal (gcide) Apod \Ap"od\, Apodal \Ap"o*dal\, a. [See Apod, n.] 1. Without feet; footless. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels. [1913 Webster] Apod Apodan (gcide) Apodan \Ap"o*dan\, a. (Zool.) Apodal. [1913 Webster] Apodeictical Apodictic Apodeictic Arthropoda (gcide) Arthropoda \Ar*throp"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + -poda.] (Zool.) A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea. -- Ar*throp"o*dal, a. [1913 Webster] Arthropodal (gcide) Arthropoda \Ar*throp"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + -poda.] (Zool.) A large division of Articulata, embracing all those that have jointed legs. It includes Insects, Arachnida, Pychnogonida, and Crustacea. -- Ar*throp"o*dal, a. [1913 Webster] Brachiopoda (gcide) Brachiopoda \Brach`i*op"o*da\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? arm + -poda.] (Zool.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle. [1913 Webster] Note: Within the shell is a pair of "arms," often long and spirally coiled, bearing rows of ciliated tentacles by which a current of water is made to flow into the mantle cavity, bringing the microscopic food to the mouth between the bases of the arms. The shell is both opened and closed by special muscles. They form two orders; Lyopoma, in which the shell is thin, and without a distinct hinge, as in Lingula; and Arthropoma, in which the firm calcareous shell has a regular hinge, as in Rhynchonella. See Arthropomata. [1913 Webster] Branchiogastropoda (gcide) Branchiogastropoda \Bran`chi*o*gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? gill + E. gastropoda.] (Zool.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchi[ae], including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata. [1913 Webster] Branchiopoda (gcide) Phyllopoda \Phyl*lop"o*da\ (f[i^]l*l[o^]p"[-o]*d[.a]), prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. fy`llon a leaf + -poda.] (Zool.) An order of Entomostraca including a large number of species, most of which live in fresh water. They have flattened or leaflike legs, often very numerous, which they use in swimming. Called also {Branchiopoda}. [1913 Webster] Note: In some, the body is covered with a bivalve shell (Holostraca); in others, as Apus, by a shield-shaped carapace (Monostraca); in others, like Artemia, there is no carapace, and the body is regularly segmented. Sometimes the group is made to include also the Cladocera. [1913 Webster]Branchiopoda \Bran"chi*o*poda\, n. pl. [Gr. ? gill + -poda: cf. F. branchiopode.] (Zool.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called {Phyllopoda}. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense. [1913 Webster] Carpodacus (gcide) Carpodacus \Carpodacus\ n. a genus of birds including the house finch ({Carpodacus mexicanus}) and purple finch (Carpodacus purpurea). Syn: genus Carpodacus. [WordNet 1.5] Carpodacus frontalis (gcide) Burion \Bu"ri*on\, n. (Zool.) The red-breasted house sparrow of California ({Carpodacus frontalis}); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch. [Written also burrion.] [1913 Webster] Carpodacus mexicanus (gcide) Carpodacus \Carpodacus\ n. a genus of birds including the house finch ({Carpodacus mexicanus}) and purple finch (Carpodacus purpurea). Syn: genus Carpodacus. [WordNet 1.5] Carpodacus purpurea (gcide) Carpodacus \Carpodacus\ n. a genus of birds including the house finch ({Carpodacus mexicanus}) and purple finch (Carpodacus purpurea). Syn: genus Carpodacus. [WordNet 1.5] Cephalopoda (gcide) Cephalopoda \Ceph`a*lop"o*da\ (s[e^]f`[.a]*l[o^]p"[-o]*d[.a]), n. pl. [NL., gr. Gr. kefalh` head + -poda: cf. F. c['e]phalopode.] (Zool.) The highest class of Mollusca. [1913 Webster] Note: They have, around the front of the head, a group of elongated muscular arms, which are usually furnished with prehensile suckers or hooks. The head is highly developed, with large, well organized eyes and ears, and usually with a cartilaginous brain case. The higher forms, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopi, swim rapidly by ejecting a jet of water from the tubular siphon beneath the head. They have a pair of powerful horny jaws shaped like a parrot's beak, and a bag of inklike fluid which they can eject from the siphon, thus clouding the water in order to escape from their enemies. They are divided into two orders, the Dibranchiata, having two gills and eight or ten sucker-bearing arms, and the Tetrabranchiata, with four gills and numerous arms without suckers. The latter are all extinct except the Nautilus. See Octopus, Squid, Nautilus. [1913 Webster] Cephalopodic Chaetopoda (gcide) Annelida \An*nel"i*da\, n. pl. [NL. See Annelid.] (Zool.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Ch[ae]topoda, including the Oligoch[ae]ta or earthworms and Polych[ae]ta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Ch[ae]topoda. [1913 Webster]Chaetopoda \Ch[ae]*top"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? hair + -poda.] (Zool.) A very extensive order of Annelida (segmented worms), characterized by the presence of lateral set[ae], or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligoch[ae]ta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polych[ae]ta, including most of the marine species. [1913 Webster] Cheilopoda (gcide) Cheilopoda \Chei*lop"o*da\ (k[-i]*l[o^]p"[-o]*d[.a]), n. [NL.] (Zool.) See Chilopoda. [1913 Webster] Chilopoda (gcide) Chilopoda \Chi*lop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? lip + -poda.] (Zool.) One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipedes. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot. [1913 Webster] Chilostoma Copepoda (gcide) Copepoda \Co*pep"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? an oar + -poda.] (Zool.) An order of Entomostraca, including many minute Crustacea, both fresh-water and marine. [1913 Webster] Note: They have a distinct carapace. The eggs are carried in a pair of external pouches. Some are parasites of fishes. [1913 Webster] Decapoda (gcide) Podophthalmia \Pod`oph*thal"mi*a\, n. pl. [NL. See Podophthalmic.] (Zool.) The stalk-eyed Crustacea, -- an order of Crustacea having the eyes supported on movable stalks. It includes the crabs, lobsters, and prawns. Called also Podophthalmata, and Decapoda. [1913 Webster] PodophthalmicDecacerata \De*cac`e*ra"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + ke`ras a horn.] (Zool.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata. DecachordDecapoda \De*cap"o*da\ (d[-e]*k[a^]p"[-o]*d[.a]), prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + poy`s, podo`s, foot.] 1. (Zool.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc. [1913 Webster] Note: They have a carapace, covering and uniting the somites of the head and thorax and inclosing a gill chamber on each side, and usually have five (rarely six) pairs of legs. They are divided into two principal groups: Brachyura and Macrura. Some writers recognize a third (Anomura) intermediate between the others. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera. Decapodal Decapodal (gcide) Decapodal \De*cap"o*dal\, Decapodous \De*cap"o*dous\, a. (Zool.) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed. [1913 Webster] Diplopoda (gcide) Diplopoda \Di*plop"o*da\, n. pl. [Gr. ? double + -poda.] (Zool.) An order of myriapods having two pairs of legs on each segment; the Chilognatha. [1913 Webster] Edipoda migratoria (gcide) Locust \Lo"cust\, n. [L. locusta locust, grasshopper. Cf. Lobster.] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of long-winged, migratory, orthopterous insects, of the family Acridid[ae], allied to the grasshoppers; esp., ({Edipoda migratoria}, syn. Pachytylus migratoria, and {Acridium perigrinum}, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the United States the related species with similar habits are usually called grasshoppers. See Grasshopper. [1913 Webster] Note: These insects are at times so numerous in Africa and the south of Asia as to devour every green thing; and when they migrate, they fly in an immense cloud. In the United States the harvest flies are improperly called locusts. See Cicada. [1913 Webster] Locust beetle (Zool.), a longicorn beetle ({Cyllene robini[ae]}), which, in the larval state, bores holes in the wood of the locust tree. Its color is brownish black, barred with yellow. Called also locust borer. Locust bird (Zool.) the rose-colored starling or pastor of India. See Pastor. Locust hunter (Zool.), an African bird; the beefeater. [1913 Webster] 2. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Bot.) The locust tree. See {Locust Tree} (definition, note, and phrases). [1913 Webster] Locust bean (Bot.), a commercial name for the sweet pod of the carob tree. [1913 Webster] Elasipoda (gcide) Elasipoda \El`a*sip"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? metal beaten out, metal plate + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms. [Written also Elasmopoda.] [1913 Webster] Elasmopoda (gcide) Elasipoda \El`a*sip"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? metal beaten out, metal plate + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of holothurians mostly found in the deep sea. They are remarkable for their bilateral symmetry and curious forms. [Written also Elasmopoda.] [1913 Webster] Eucopepoda (gcide) Eucopepoda \Eu`co*pep"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See Eu- and Copepoda.] (Zo["o]l.) A group which includes the typical copepods and the lerneans. [1913 Webster] Euisopoda (gcide) Euisopoda \Eu`i*sop"o*da\ pl. [NL. See Eu- and Isopoda.] (Zo["o]l.) A group which includes the typical Isopoda. [1913 Webster] Gasteropoda (gcide) Gasteropoda \Gas`te*rop`o*da\, n. pl. (Zool.) Same as Gastropoda. [1913 Webster]Gastropoda \Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, stomach + -poda.] (Zool.) One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. [Written also Gasteropoda.] [1913 Webster] Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.: (a) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and Heteropoda. (b) The Euthyneura, including the Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. (c) The Amphineura, including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora. [1913 Webster] Gastropoda (gcide) Gastropoda \Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, stomach + -poda.] (Zool.) One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. [Written also Gasteropoda.] [1913 Webster] Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.: (a) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and Heteropoda. (b) The Euthyneura, including the Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. (c) The Amphineura, including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora. [1913 Webster] Heteropoda (gcide) Heteropoda \Het`e*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? other + -poda.] (Zool.) An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as Carinaria and Atlanta, have thin glassy shells. [1913 Webster] Hexapoda (gcide) Hexapoda \Hex*ap"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "e`x six + -poda.] (Zool.) The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids. [1913 Webster] Note: The Hexapoda have the head, thorax, and abdomen differentiated, and are mostly winged. They have three pairs of mouth organs, viz., mandibles, maxill[ae], and the second maxill[ae] or labial palpi; three pairs of thoracic legs; and abdominal legs, which are present only in some of the lowest forms, and in the larval state of some of the higher ones. Many (the Metabola) undergo a complete metamorphosis, having larv[ae] (known as maggots, grubs, caterpillars) very unlike the adult, and pass through a quiescent pupa state in which no food is taken; others (the Hemimetabola) have larv[ae] much like the adult, expert in lacking wings, and an active pupa, in which rudimentary wings appear. See Insecta. The Hexapoda are divided into several orders. [1913 Webster] Hippodame (gcide) Hippodame \Hip"po*dame\, n. [Cf. F. hippopotame.] A fabulous sea monster. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Hospodar (gcide) Hospodar \Hos"po*dar`\, n. [A Slav. word; cf. Russ. gospodare lord, master.] A title borne by the princes or governors of Moldavia and Wallachia before those countries were united as Rumania. [1913 Webster] Hypodactylum (gcide) Hypodactylum \Hyp`o*dac"ty*lum\, n.; pl. -tyla. [NL., fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + ? a finger, toe.] (Zool.) The under side of the toes. [1913 Webster] Isopoda (gcide) Isopoda \I*sop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See Iso-, and -poda.] (Zool.) An order of sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are all similar in structure. [1913 Webster] Note: The body is usually depressed, with the abdominal segments short, and often consolidated in part. The branchi[ae] are on the abdominal appendages. The group includes the terrestrial pill bugs and sow bugs, with numerous marine forms. See Arthrostrata, Gribble. [1913 Webster] Laemodipoda (gcide) Laemodipoda \L[ae]`mo*dip"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. lai`mos throat + di`s twice + poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zool.) A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples. [1913 Webster] lepodactyle (gcide) Leptodactyl \Lep`to*dac"tyl\ (l[e^]p`t[-o]*d[a^]k"t[i^]l), n. [Gr. lepto`s small, thin + da`ktylos finger, toe.] (Zool.) A bird or other animal having slender toes. [Written also lepodactyle.] [1913 Webster] Lophopoda (gcide) Phylactolaema \Phy*lac`to*l[ae]"ma\, Phylactolaemata \Phy*lac`to*l[ae]"ma*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. fyla`ssein to guard + laimo`s the gullet.] (Zool.) An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also {Lophopoda}, and hippocrepians. [1913 Webster]Lophopoda \Lo*phop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. lo`fos a crest or tuft + -poda.] (Zool.) Same as Phylactolemata. [1913 Webster] Macropodal (gcide) Macropodal \Ma*crop"o*dal\, a. Having long or large feet, or a long stem. [1913 Webster] Malacopoda (gcide) Malacopoda \Mal`a*cop"o*da\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. malako`s soft + -poda.] (Zool.) A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora. [1913 Webster] Note: They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of antennae. The trancheae are connected with numerous spiracles scattered over the surface of the body. Peripatus is the only known genus. See Peripatus. [1913 Webster] Mastigopoda (gcide) Mastigopoda \Mas`ti*gop"o*da\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ma`stix, ma`stigos, a whip + poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zool.) Formerly considered identical to the Infusoria, now distinguished from that group, which has been reordered. See Mastigophora. [1913 Webster +PJC] Myriapoda (gcide) Myriapoda \Myr`i*ap"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? numberless + -poda.] (Zool.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous tracheae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped. [1913 Webster] Note: The existing Myriapoda are divided into three orders: Chilopoda, Chilognatha or Diplopoda, and Pauropoda (see these words in the Vocabulary). Large fossil species (very different from any living forms) are found in the Carboniferous formation. [1913 Webster] Myriopoda (gcide) Myriopoda \Myr`i*op"o*da\, n. pl. See Myriapoda. [1913 Webster] Octopoda (gcide) Octocerata \Oc`to*cer"a*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'oktw` eight + ?, a horn.] (Zool.) A suborder of Cephalopoda including Octopus, Argonauta, and allied genera, having eight arms around the head; -- called also Octopoda. [1913 Webster]Octopoda \Oc*top"o*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.) (a) Same as Octocerata. (b) Same as Arachnida. [1913 Webster] Ornithopoda (gcide) Ornithopoda \Or`ni*thop"o*da\, prop. n. pl. [NL. See Ornitho-, and -poda.] (Paleon.) An order of herbivorous dinosaurs with birdlike characteristics in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and hind legs, which in some genera had only three functional toes, and supported the body in walking as in Iguanodon. See Illust. in Appendix. [1913 Webster] Orthopoda (gcide) Orthopoda \Or*thop"o*da\, prop. n. pl. [NL. See Ortho-, and -poda.] (Zool.) An extinct order of reptiles which stood erect on the hind legs, and resembled birds in the structure of the feet, pelvis, and other parts. [1913 Webster] Pantopoda (gcide) Pantopoda \Pan*top"o*da\, n. pl. [NL. See Panto-, & -poda.] (Zool.) Same as Pycnogonida. [1913 Webster]Pycnogonida \Pyc`no*gon"i*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? thick crowded + ? knee.] (Zool.) A class of marine arthropods in which the body is small and thin, and the eight legs usually very long; -- called also Pantopoda. [1913 Webster] Note: The abdomen is rudimentary, and the triangular mouth is at the end of a tubular proboscis. Many of them live at great depths in the sea, and the largest of them measure two feet across the extended legs. [1913 Webster] Paradisea apoda (gcide) Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. Apodsor Apodes. [Gr. ?, ?, footless; 'a priv. + ?, ?, foot.] (Zool.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet. [1913 Webster] Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name {Paradisea apoda}, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies. [1913 Webster]Bird of paradise \Bird" of par"a*dise\ (Zool.) The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers. [1913 Webster] Note: The Great emerald (Paradisea apoda) and the {Lesser emerald} (Paradisea minor) furnish many of the plumes used as ornaments by ladies; the Red bird of paradise is Paradisea rubra or Paradisea sanguinea; the Golden bird of paradise is Parotia aurea or Parotia sexsetacea; the King bird of paradise is Cincinnurus regius. The name is also applied to the longer-billed birds of another related group (Epimachin[ae]) from the same region. The Twelve-wired bird of paradise (Seleucides alba) is one of these. See Paradise bird, and Note under Apod. [1913 Webster] Pauropoda (gcide) Pauropoda \Pau*rop"o*da\, prop. n. pl. [NL., from Gr. pay^ros small + -poda.] (Zool.) An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of trache[ae]. [1913 Webster]