imped

noun /ˈɪmpɛd/

1. a creature without feet

   Aristotle had divided the group into bipeds, quadrupeds and impeds.

Where it comes from

Coined on Latinate roots (im- + -ped) by Richard Owen in 1861 as a calque of Aristotle’s Ancient Greek ἀπούς (apoús).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry imped (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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