/ay"peuhs/ , n., gen. Apodis /ap"euh dis/ . Astron.
the Bird of Paradise, a southern constellation between Octans and Triangulum Australe.
[ ápous name applied to various swallowlike birds, lit., footless, equiv. to a- A- 6 + -pous -footed, adj. deriv. of poús foot; cf. -POD ]