apode
Meanings
Adjective
1. legless, limbless; apodal, apodous; without limbs, feet, paws, etc.
a. lacking limbs, (by extension) having highly devolved vestigial limbs (of a lifeform)
b. characterized by a lack of limbs
c. performed or accomplished without use of or need for limbs
Examples4
Les serpents sont apodes.
Snakes have no limbs.
De nombreux reptiles ont évolué vers une forme apode.
Many reptiles have evolved into a limbless form.
Les serpents ont perfectionné plusieurs modes de locomotion apode.
Snakes have perfected several methods of limbless locomotion.
Les amphisbènes sont un autre groupe de reptiles apodes.
Amphisbaenia is another group of limbless reptiles.