Apus

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

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

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Apodidae – family; Apodinae - subfamily; Apodini - tribe

• (genus): Apus apus (common swift) - type species; Apus acuticauda, Apus affinis, Apus alexandri, Apus balstoni, Apus barbatus, Apus batesi, Apus berliozi, Apus bradfieldi, Apus caffer, Apus horus, Apus niansae, Apus nipalensis, Apus pacificus, Apus pallidus, Apus unicolor - species

• Apus (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Apus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Apus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin apūs, from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πούς (poús, “foot”); early specimens of birds of paradise obtained by Europeans had had their feet removed during traditional taxidermy, and were consequently believed by Europeans to lack feet—see Paradisaea apoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪpəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪpəs

Apus

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

• Apodis

• UAPs, AUPs, Apsu, sapu, Puas, SPUA, puas, USAP, PUAs, pa'us, paus, upas

Internationalism.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈapus/ [ˈa.pʊs]
• Rhymes: -apus
• Syllabification: A‧pus
• Homophone: apus

Apus

1. (astronomy) Apus

• “Apus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Apus ?

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