Definitions for Apus

Apus A·pus

Spelling: [ey-puh s]
IPA: /ˈeɪ pəs/

Apus is a 4 letter English word.

You can make 32 anagrams from letters in Apus (apsu).

Definitions for Apus

noun

  1. the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.

Origin of Apus

New Latin Greek ápous name applied to various swallowlike birds, literally, footless, equivalent to a- a-6 + -pous -footed, adj. derivative of poús foot; cf.

Examples for Apus

The trunk limbs of Apus are supposed to be the most primitive among the Branchiopoda, and comparison will be made with them.

The single family Apodidae contains only two genera, Apus and its very near neighbour Lepidurus.

Then again, take the interesting Crustacean Lepidurus (Apus) glacialis.

In some Phyllopoda (Apus) egg-sacs are formed by modification of certain of the thoracic feet.

The specimens examined were obtained from the Bambusa Apus, growing in the Residency of Bantam.

As already frequently stated, Apus and Branchipus are the two living arthropods which most nearly resemble the extinct trilobites.

The outline figure is so obviously modeled on an appendage of Apus that one is inclined to think it somewhat diagrammatic.

The maxill of Apus are also much the more specialized and reduced.

In Apus, as the figure shows, there are four of these “antenna-like” palps or filaments on the first thoracic limb.

In Apus the nerves leading to the eyes come off from the anterior ganglion or "brain" and run directly to the eyes.

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