hexapod

(hek′sə päd′)

noun

insect (sense )

Origin: < Gr hexapous (gen. hexapodos): see hexa- & -pod

adjective

having six legs, as a true insect

See hexapod in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A six-legged arthropod of the class Insecta (formerly Hexapoda); an insect.

adjective

Origin:

Origin: From New Latin Hexapoda, class name

Origin: : Greek hexa-, hexa-

Origin: + New Latin -poda, -pod

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