Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Apod \Ap"od\, Apode \Ap"ode\, n.; pl. {Apods}or {Apodes}. [Gr.
   ?, ?, footless; 'a priv. + ?, ?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
   One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs;
   esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no
   feet.

   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.