Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having six feet; hexapod: as, a hexapodous insect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.
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- adjective zoology Having
six feet ; belonging to theHexapoda .
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The young (though there is, probably, a still earlier hexapodous stage) of this Sarcoptid has an elongated, oblong, flattened body, with four short legs, provided with a few bristle-like hairs, and ending in a stalked sucker, by aid of which the mite is enabled to walk over smooth, hard surfaces.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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