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A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum).

Without feet; footless.

One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.

A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.

Apodal.

Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.

So as to be evident beyond contradiction.

One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.

An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels.

Same as Apodeictic.

Full demonstration.

slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.

Apodal; apod.

The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.

Apogean.

Relating to apogamy.

The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oöspore. De Bary.

Apogean.

Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.

That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.