hexapod
/hek-suh-pod/US // ˈhɛk səˌpɒd //UK // (ˈhɛksəˌpɒd) //
六爪鱼,六角架,六角形,六角星
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a six-legged arthropod of the class Insecta; an insect.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : having six feet.
Examples
That makes them six-legged hexapods and more like insects than other mammals, Bunting explains.
Subcortical; hexapod; antenn obsolete: body much depressed, with the last segment elongate, terminating in three or more mucros.
Herbivorous; hexapod; antenniferous, with long antenn: body shortish, compressed, saltatorious.
Carnivorous; hexapod; antenniferous: with a shortish oblong depressed body, and distinct thoracic shield.
The male only is winged; the female is very like an apodal larva, the larva being an active hexapod.
Commonly, the larv on hatching from the egg, possess but three pairs of legs, and hence are called hexapod larv.
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