Hexapod
//ˈhɛk.sə.pɑd// adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
"My lips will be even more firmly sealed about the various suggestions put forward concerning the interpersonal relationships of Alpha Centauri, the hermaphrodite hexapod."
- 2 an animal having six feet wordnet
- 3 An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
- 4 An insect. dated
Adjective
- 1 Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda; hexapodous. not-comparable
Example
More examples"My lips will be even more firmly sealed about the various suggestions put forward concerning the interpersonal relationships of Alpha Centauri, the hermaphrodite hexapod."
Etymology
From hexa- + -pod, from Ancient Greek ἑξαποδ- (hexapod-), oblique stem of ἑξάπους (hexápous, “six-footed”), from ἑξα- (hexa-, “six”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
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