hexapod
Meanings
noun
- Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
- An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
- An insect.
adj
- Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda; hexapodous.
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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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