Definition of Hexapod

1. Noun. An animal having six feet.

Generic synonyms: Animal, Animate Being, Beast, Brute, Creature, Fauna

Definition of Hexapod

1. a. Having six feet.

Definition of Hexapod

1. Noun. Any organism or being with six legs. ¹

2. Noun. An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda. ¹

3. Noun. (dated) An insect. ¹

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hexapod

1. a six-legged insect [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hexapod

1. Having six feet. An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda. Origin: Gr, sixfooted; six +, foot: cf. F. Hexapode. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexapod

hexaoxide
hexaoxides
hexapeptide
hexapeptides
hexapetalous
hexaphosphorylated
hexaphyllous
hexapla
hexaplar
hexaplas
hexaploid
hexaploidies
hexaploidization
hexaploids
hexaploidy
hexapod (current term)
hexapodies
hexapodous
hexapods
hexapody
hexapolar
hexapole
hexaprismo-
hexapterous
hexaquark
hexaquarks
hexarch
hexarchies
hexarchy

Literary usage of Hexapod

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1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The ordinary alexandrine of French literature is a hexapod iambic, but in all questions of quantity in modern prosody great care has to be exercised to ..."

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