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

Herbivorous hexapod larvæ, with fleshy, cylindrical bodies, somewhat curved, so that they lie on their side.

From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Lubbock, John, Sir

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.

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 Frewer, Ellen E.