• Hexapod

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈhÉ›k.sÉ™.pÉ’d/
    • US IPA: /ˈhÉ›k.sÉ™.pÉ‘d/

    Full definition of hexapod

    Noun

    hexapod

    (plural hexapods)
    1. Any organism or being with six legs.
      • 1983, Jean-Marc Lofficier, The Doctor Who Programme Guide, volume 2, page 8My lips will be even more firmly sealed about the various suggestions put forward concerning the interpersonal relationships of Alpha Centauri, the hermaphrodite hexapod.
      • 2000, Alan Dean Foster, A Triumph of SoulsThe 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.
      • 2007, Gaurav Suhas Sukhatme, Stefan Schaal, Wolfram Burgard (eds.), Robotics: Science and Systems II, page 97These 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
    2. An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
    3. (dated) An insect.

    Adjective

    hexapod

    1. Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda, hexapodous.
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