hexapod

American  

[hek-suh-pod] / ˈhɛk səˌpɒd /

noun

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

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adjective

1. having six feet.

hexapod British  

/ ˈhɛksəˌpɒd /

noun

1. any arthropod of the class Hexapoda (or Insecta ); an insect

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Other Word Forms

• hexapodous adjective

Etymology

Origin of hexapod

1660–70; < Greek hexapod- (stem of hexápous ) six-footed. See hexa-, -pod

Example Sentences

This six-legged hexapod walking machine was thought to be the first computer-controlled walking machine designed to carry humans.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

Taken in connexion with the likeness of the young among the more generalized orders to the adults, it indicates clearly a thysanuroid starting-point for the evolution of the hexapod orders.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

He watched with unflagging vigilance, and it was only when the hexapod expanded its wings as if for flight that he prepared to imprison it in the hollow of his hand.

From Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Frewer, Ellen E.

The Hexapodes Benedictus was not a hexapod at all.

From Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Frewer, Ellen E.

Rhynchota, ring-kō′ta, n. an order of true hexapod insects.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various