Aistopoda

plural noun

Ais·​top·​o·​da

ˌā-ə-ˈstä-pə-də

: an order or other group of extinct Carboniferous and Permian lepospondylous amphibians having a snakelike body and no limbs

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek aïstos unseen + New Latin -poda

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

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