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Webster 1913 Edition


Apus


A′pus

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK]. See
Apode
,
Noun.
]
(Zool.)
A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See
Phyllopod
.

Definition 2024


Apus

Apus

See also: apus and APUs

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin apūs, from Ancient Greek ἄπους (ápous, sand martin), from ἀ- (a-, not) + πούς (poús, foot) (the birds rarely show their feet).

Proper noun

Apus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apodidae – the swifts. They resemble swallows but have shorter tails.

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Hyponyms

References

  • Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

English

Proper noun

Apus

  1. (astronomy): A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a bird of paradise.

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Spanish

Proper noun

Apus ?

  1. (astronomy) Apus (a constellation of the southern sky)

apus

apus

See also: Apus and APUs

Latin

Noun

apūs m (genitive apodis); third declension

  1. A martlet, swallow; a kind of bird believed to have no feet.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative apūs apodēs
genitive apodis apodum
dative apodī apodibus
accusative apodem apodēs
ablative apode apodibus
vocative apūs apodēs

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Portuguese

Verb

apus

  1. first-person singular preterite of apor

Romanian

Etymology

From the verb apune (to fade, set).

Noun

apus n (plural apusuri)

  1. (uncommon) west
  2. sunset

Declension

Synonyms

  • (west): vest
  • (sunset): asfințit

Verb

apus

  1. past participle of apune

Declension