hexapod
Americannoun
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of hexapod
1660–70; < Greek hexapod- (stem of hexápous ) six-footed. See hexa-, -pod
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The fossils therefore help document the anatomical transition from pancrustacean ancestors to hexapod insects.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
These included Leverhulmia from the Early Devonian of Scotland, an unnamed hexapod from the Mazon Creek biota of Illinois, USA, and C. praecursor.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
By filling the long-standing 80 million-year hexapod gap, the work pushes the early diversification of insects back from the Late Carboniferous into the Early Devonian.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Undisputed hexapod body fossils first appear in the Early Devonian Rhynie Chert around 405 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
His momentary feeling of astonishment, however, gave way to his eagerness to follow up the hexapod, and he continued burrowing like a ferret.
From Dick Sands, the Boy Captain by Ellen E. Frewer
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