hexapody

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A verse or measure of six metrical feet.
  2. The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness.

Word forms

hexapody hexapodies

Etymology

From hexa- + -pody, from Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-, “six”) and πούς, ποδός (poús, podós, “foot”).

Synonyms

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