2. Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
The passages . . . are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works.
Sir G. C. Lewis.
Apocryphalist
(A*poc"ry*phal*ist), n. One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. [R.]
Apocryphally
(A*poc"ry*phal*ly), adv. In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.
Apocryphalness
(A*poc"ry*phal*ness), n. The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit
or genuineness.
Apocynaceous
(A*poc`y*na"ceous Ap`o*cyn"e*ous) a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family of
plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type.
Apocynin
(A*poc"y*nin) n. [From Apocynum, the generic name of dogbane.] (Chem.) A bitter principle
obtained from the dogbane
Apod
(Ap"od Ap"o*dal) a. [See Apod, n.]
1. Without feet; footless.
2. (Zoöl.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
Apod
(Ap"od Ap"ode) n.; pl. Apods or Apodes 'a priv. + foot.]—> (Zoöl.) One of certain animals that
have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.
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.
Apoda
(||Ap"o*da) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. . See Apod, n.] (Zoöl.) (a) A group of cirripeds, destitute of
footlike organs. (b) An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha. (c) A group of worms
without appendages, as the leech.
Apodan
(Ap"o*dan) a. (Zoöl.) Apodal.
Apodeictic
(Ap"o*deic"tic Ap`o*dic"tic) Apodeictical
(Ap`o*deic"tic*al Ap`o*dic"tic*al) a. [L. apodicticus,
Gr. fr. to point out, to show by argument; from + to show.] Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond
contradiction. Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton.
Apodeictically
(Ap`o*deic"tic*al*ly, Ap`o*dic"tic*al*ly), adv. So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
Apodeme
(Ap"o*deme) n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. body.] (Zoöl.) One of the processes of the shell which
project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.
Apodes
(||Ap"o*des) n. pl. [NL., masc. pl. See Apoda.] (Zoöl.) (a) An order of fishes without ventral
fins, including the eels. (b) A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.
Apodictic
(Ap`o*dic"tic) a. Same as Apodeictic.
Apodixis
(||Ap`o*dix"is) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. .] Full demonstration.
Apodosis
(||A*pod"o*sis) n. [L., fr. Gr. fr. to give back; from, back again + to give.] (Gram.) The consequent
clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the
protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I
trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.
