apodes
1 of 2plural of apus
Apodes
2 of 2plural noun
Ap·o·des
ˈapəˌdēz
1
: a group of soft-finned, elongated, and probably degenerate fishes consisting of the eels, often including the morays and in old classifications also many others having no pelvic fins, and being now commonly treated as an order but sometimes as including several orders or, formerly, made a division of the Physostomi
2
: any of several groups of animals lacking appendages
specifically : apoda
Word History
Etymology
Plural noun
New Latin, from Greek, masculine & feminine plural of apod-, apous footless