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hexapod en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈhɛk.sə.pɒd/ (UK)
  • /ˈhɛk.sə.pɑd/ (US)

Etymology

From hexa- + -pod, from Ancient Greek ἑξαποδ- (hexapod-), oblique stem of ἑξάπους (hexápous, “six-footed”), from ἑξα- (hexa-, “six”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda; hexapodous.

hexapod en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈhɛk.sə.pɒd/ (UK)
  • /ˈhɛk.sə.pɑd/ (US)

Etymology

From hexa- + -pod, from Ancient Greek ἑξαποδ- (hexapod-), oblique stem of ἑξάπους (hexápous, “six-footed”), from ἑξα- (hexa-, “six”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

Meanings

  1. Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
    • The bizarre hexapods did indeed feed upon those unfortunate creatures who had been caught and killed by the flames. But the striped carnivores were not scavengers; They were hunters. 2000, Alan Dean Foster, A Triumph of Souls:
    • My lips will be even more firmly sealed about the various suggestions put forward concerning the interpersonal relationships of Alpha Centauri, the hermaphrodite hexapod. 1983, Jean-Marc Lofficier, The Doctor Who Programme Guide, volume 2, page 8:
    • These concepts are applied to a robotic hexapod, which, through the use of compliant microspines on its feet, is capable of climbing hard vertical textured surfaces, such as stucco 2007, Gaurav Suhas Sukhatme, Stefan Schaal, Wolfram Burgard, editors, Robotics: Science and Systems II, page 97:
  2. An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
  3. (dated) An insect.

Forms

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Deriveds

hexapodal · hyperhexapod

Relateds

octopod · tetrapod · isopod · decapod

Translations (20)

kk алтыаяқты (organism or being with six legs) · sv sexfoting (arthropod with six feet) · ru шестиногий (organism or being with six legs) · pl sześcionóg (organism or being with six legs) · ta அறுகாலி (organism or being with six legs) · ml ഷഡ്പദം (arthropod with six feet) · sv sexbening (organism or being with six legs) · kk алтыаяқты (arthropod with six feet) · es hexápodo (organism or being with six legs) · de Sechsfüßler (arthropod with six feet) · ca hexàpode (organism or being with six legs) · hi षटपाद (arthropod with six feet) · es hexápodo (arthropod with six feet) · de Sechsfüßler (organism or being with six legs) · pl sześcionóg (arthropod with six feet) · la hexapūs (arthropod with six feet) · fi kuusijalkainen (organism or being with six legs) · ca hexàpode (arthropod with six feet) · la sexipēs (organism or being with six legs) · fi kuusijalkainen (arthropod with six feet)