HEXAPOD

hexapod

(noun) an animal having six feet

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hexapod (plural hexapods)

Any organism or being with six legs.

An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.

(dated) An insect.

Adjective

hexapod (not comparable)

Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda, hexapodous.

Source: Wiktionary


Hex"a*pod, a. Etym: [Gr. hexapode.]

Definition: Having six feet.

– n. (Zoรถl.)

Definition: An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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