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

Heymons believes that the “dorsal organ” in the embryos of the lower Arthropoda corresponds with the region invaginated to form the serosa of the hexapod embryo.

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

Probably no hexapod, however, has more interested entomologists than Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema, a parasite of the beaver.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 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.

There sat Benedict with what he persuaded himself was some new African hexapod perched upon his head, and agitated by doubts as to the direction in which it would move.

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