hexapod

hexapod
hexapodous /hek sap"euh deuhs/, adj.
/hek"seuh pod'/, n.
1. a six-legged arthropod of the class Insecta (formerly Hexapoda); an insect.
adj.
2. having six feet.
[1660-70; < Gk hexapod- (s. of hexápous) six-footed. See HEXA-, -POD]

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